What is the case law on the validity of the Mehr?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Salim v. Safdar, 2019 ONSC 200 (CanLII):

The case of Bakhshi v. Hosseinzadeh is a 2015 Ontario Court of Appeal case, it was provided to support the wife’s claim that the Mehr is a valid domestic contract under the Family Law Act (R.S.O. 1960, c.F.3. As. am.). It was also noted in this case that the Mehr can be included in the equalization calculations since it is a debt that was to be paid by the husband to the wife.

The case of Stetler v. Stetler is a 2013 Ontario Court of Appeal case. It was a family law case, and it was provided as an example of a case where an adverse inference was drawn regarding financial issues. Justice Lauwers wrote at paragraph 7: “I must draw an adverse inference from his failure to call his sister (the accountant) and his father who could have corroborated his evidence or given us the truth with respect to the amount of money that his father has paid him and whether or not he intends to collect on his mortgage debt.”

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