What is the test for a husband to be able to claim an additional wife under Section 59 of the Marriage and Divorce Act?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Zaman v. Khan, 2009 CanLII 12127 (ON SC):

In order to take advantage of this subsection the wife must satisfy all the conditions, as they all must be met. The authority for this can be found in Nordin v. Nordin, [2001] O.J. No. 559.

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