Unger v. Unger

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeFeldman,Sharpe, , Roberts
Citation2017 ONCA 270
Date31 March 2017
Docket NumberC62497

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5 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 14-18, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 25, 2025
    ...2022 ONCA 582, Ludwig v. Ludwig, 2019 ONCA 680, Katsigiannis v. Kottick-Katsigiannis (2001), 55 O.R. (3d) 456 (C.A.), Unger v. Unger, 2017 ONCA 270, Hammerschmidt v. Hammerschmidt, 2013 ONCA 227, Jackson v. Graczyk, 2007 ONCA 388, F. v. N., 2022 SCC 51 Muscat v. Muscat Estate, 2025 ONCA 518......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 27 – 31, 2017)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 7, 2017
    ...Keywords: Real Property, Adverse Possession, Masidon Test, Land Titles Act, s. 51(2), Real Property Limitations Act, s. 4 Unger v. Unger, 2017 ONCA 270 Keywords: Endorsement, Family Law, Custody and Access, Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 25 October 1980, C......
  • Gadea v. Rath
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Canada)
    • January 18, 2022
    ...does not alter the fact that the mother consented to and/or acquiesced to the child being habitually resident there. See Unger v. Unger, 2017 ONCA 270 (CanLII), at paras. 6-7 and [105] In my view, the mother’s own communications and ongoing participation in the sponsorship process along wit......
  • Ahmed v. Abdelmoaein
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • July 15, 2025
    ...of the article 13(a) exception is a factual determination and is therefore entitled to considerable deference on appeal: Unger v. Unger, 2017 ONCA 270, at para. 7. Absent a serious misapprehension of evidence or an error in law, this court will not intervene: Hammerschmidt v. Hammerschmidt,......
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  • Gadea v. Rath
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Canada)
    • January 18, 2022
    ...does not alter the fact that the mother consented to and/or acquiesced to the child being habitually resident there. See Unger v. Unger, 2017 ONCA 270 (CanLII), at paras. 6-7 and [105] In my view, the mother’s own communications and ongoing participation in the sponsorship process along wit......
  • Ahmed v. Abdelmoaein
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • July 15, 2025
    ...of the article 13(a) exception is a factual determination and is therefore entitled to considerable deference on appeal: Unger v. Unger, 2017 ONCA 270, at para. 7. Absent a serious misapprehension of evidence or an error in law, this court will not intervene: Hammerschmidt v. Hammerschmidt,......
  • Smith v Smith
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • October 24, 2019
    ...The first sign of discord only arose when the mother broached the topic of child support obligations in August. [60] In Unger v Unger, 2017 ONCA 270, 88 RFL (7th) 86, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a determination by the application judge in finding the appellant father had consented or......
2 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 14-18, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 25, 2025
    ...2022 ONCA 582, Ludwig v. Ludwig, 2019 ONCA 680, Katsigiannis v. Kottick-Katsigiannis (2001), 55 O.R. (3d) 456 (C.A.), Unger v. Unger, 2017 ONCA 270, Hammerschmidt v. Hammerschmidt, 2013 ONCA 227, Jackson v. Graczyk, 2007 ONCA 388, F. v. N., 2022 SCC 51 Muscat v. Muscat Estate, 2025 ONCA 518......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 27 – 31, 2017)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 7, 2017
    ...Keywords: Real Property, Adverse Possession, Masidon Test, Land Titles Act, s. 51(2), Real Property Limitations Act, s. 4 Unger v. Unger, 2017 ONCA 270 Keywords: Endorsement, Family Law, Custody and Access, Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 25 October 1980, C......