What is the test for establishing that a spouse is able to exercise power over the other spouse?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Naismith v. Clarke, 2019 ONSC 5280 (CanLII):
It is a necessary to first address whether the potential for domination inheres given the nature of the relationship itself. See Geffen v. Goodman Estate, 1991 CanLII 69 (SCC), [1991] 2 S.C. R. 353 paras. 369-70
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