What is the legal test for determining whether a claim is meritorious?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Fiorellino-Di Poce v. Di Poce, 2019 ONSC 7074 (CanLII):

The question of whether a claim is meritorious is a lower threshold than the test for summary judgment: Dillon v. Dillon, 2013 ONSC 3134, at para. 30.

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