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BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (MAY 27 – 31, 2019)

By John Polyzogopoulos on June 1, 2019

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Good evening.

Following are the summaries for this past week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

The headline decision this week is clearly S.H. v D.H., 2019 ONCA 454, which deals with the very modern, relevant and controversial area of assisted human reproduction. The couple in that case had contracted for frozen embryos that were biologically not related to either of them. They had one child together using some of those embryos. They subsequently separated and divorced. The ex-wife then wanted to have a second child using the remaining embryos, which were biologically related to the parties’ only child. She undertook not to request any support of any kind from the ex-husband for the new child to be born. After having initially consented, the ex-husband changed his mind and refused to allow his ex-wife to have another child using the remaining embryos. At first instance, the ex-wife was successful in obtaining permission to use the embryos. The lower court’s decision was based on contract and property law.Continue Reading BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (MAY 27 – 31, 2019)