What are the grounds for refusing to recognize an Australian divorce in Canada as a foreign divorce?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Salfinger v. Salfinger, 2012 BCSC 1874 (CanLII):
There are limited grounds to refuse to recognize the Australian divorce in Canada as a foreign divorce such as denial of natural justice; flimsy residential means; fraud or improper reasons; or injustice in granting recognition of the divorce: Pitre v. Nguyen at para.13.
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