What is the test for relying on plain reading of a marriage contract?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Capar v. Vujnovic, 2021 ONSC 4713 (CanLII):
It is reasonable for the court to rely on the plain reading of the marriage contract for the purpose of determining whether the court should uphold the agreement or to enforce its terms: Peerenboom v. Peerenboom, 2020 ONCA 240 at para 62 and Hartstein v. Ricottone, 2016 ONCA 913.
In Toscano v. Toscano, 2015 ONSC 487, Blishen J. of this court confirmed that the burden of proof to set aside a domestic contract is on the party seeking to set it aside.
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