Cronier v. Cusack

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeHarvison Young,Paciocco,Thorburn
Citation2023 ONCA 178
Date17 March 2023
Docket NumberC70033

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8 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 14-18, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 25, 2025
    ...Martin v. Sansome, 2014 ONCA 14, Lesko v. Lesko, 2021 ONCA 369, Hickey v. Hickey, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518, at para. 12, Cronier v. Cusack, 2023 ONCA 178, McNamee v. McNamee, 2011 ONCA 533, Kerr v. Baranow, 2011 SCC 10, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 269, Derakhshan v. Narula, 2018 ONSC 537, Meade v. Meade (20......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 12 ' 16, 2026)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 21, 2026
    ...Evidence, Burden of Proof, Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, ss. 4(2), 4(2)(1), 4(3), Najm v. Najm, 2017 ONSC 4777, Cronier v. Cusack, 2023 ONCA 178, Hickey v. Hickey, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518 Khorramrooz v. Baradar, 2026 ONCA 24 Keywords: Family Law, Support, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Stay P......
  • Iredale v Dougall
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • April 9, 2025
    ...order simply because it would have made a different decision or balanced the factors differently: Lesko, at para. 5; Cronier v. Cusack, 2023 ONCA 178, at para. 48 Kirk submits that the trial judge should have considered, as a matter of fact, that Kirk had made sufficient contributions and s......
  • Najm v Najm
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • January 14, 2026
    ...should only intervene “when there is a material error, a serious misapprehension of the evidence, or an error in law”: Cronier v. Cusack, 2023 ONCA 178, at para. 8, citing Hickey v. Hickey, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518, at para. 12. I see no such error in this i. The trial judge did not err in requi......
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7 cases
  • 2025 ONCA 266,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...order simply because it would have made a different decision or balanced the factors differently: Lesko, at para. 5; Cronier v. Cusack, 2023 ONCA 178, at para. 48 Kirk submits that the trial judge should have considered, as a matter of fact, that Kirk had made sufficient contributions and s......
  • Iredale v Dougall,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • April 9, 2025
    ...order simply because it would have made a different decision or balanced the factors differently: Lesko, at para. 5; Cronier v. Cusack, 2023 ONCA 178, at para. 48 Kirk submits that the trial judge should have considered, as a matter of fact, that Kirk had made sufficient contributions and s......
  • Stumpacher v Dyer, Estate Trustee for the Estate of Stephen John Stumpacher,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 15, 2024
    ...and that it was later sold to her daughter Pauline for $4-5,000. I bear in mind the direction of the Court of Appeal in Cronier v Cusack, 2023 ONCA 178 at para. 22 that I should evaluate the evidence in light of rules 2(2)-(4) on the Family Law Rules. A party does not have to establish “blu......
  • Mullin v Sherlock,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • July 15, 2025
    ...in law”: Lesko, at para. 5; Hickey v. Hickey, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518, at para. 12. 21 In citing Hickey, this court in Cronier v. Cusack, 2023 ONCA 178, at para. 9, summarized several principles that are instructive to the case at bar: First, and most significantly, an appeal is not a retrial. ......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 14-18, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 25, 2025
    ...Martin v. Sansome, 2014 ONCA 14, Lesko v. Lesko, 2021 ONCA 369, Hickey v. Hickey, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518, at para. 12, Cronier v. Cusack, 2023 ONCA 178, McNamee v. McNamee, 2011 ONCA 533, Kerr v. Baranow, 2011 SCC 10, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 269, Derakhshan v. Narula, 2018 ONSC 537, Meade v. Meade (20......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 12 ' 16, 2026)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 21, 2026
    ...Evidence, Burden of Proof, Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, ss. 4(2), 4(2)(1), 4(3), Najm v. Najm, 2017 ONSC 4777, Cronier v. Cusack, 2023 ONCA 178, Hickey v. Hickey, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518 Khorramrooz v. Baradar, 2026 ONCA 24 Keywords: Family Law, Support, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Stay P......