Can a marriage contract be set aside if one of the parties regrets it?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Odorico v. Odorico, 2021 ONSC 7290 (CanLII):
In my view, this is not a proper application of s. 56(4)(c). A marriage contract should not be set aside principally because one of the parties to the contract regrets he or she signed it. As Spence J. observed in McCall v. Res, 2013 ONCJ 254:
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