What is the material obstacle to a divorce application?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mann v. Mann, 2013 BCSC 1726 (CanLII):
The mere existence of other, unresolved issues between the parties (so long as they do not go to the issue of reasonable arrangements for the support of the children) is not, without more, a reason to decline to make an order of divorce. I do not agree that Virk v. Somal says otherwise; the fact that the divorce applicant in that case had yet to answer contempt proceedings brought against him was surely the material obstacle he faced since a party cannot ask a court for relief when he has yet to address outstanding contempt proceedings.
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