Question 1 (25%)

Man-Yee comes to you for your legal advice. She wants a divorce. She has been separated from her husband Carlos for 8 months but they have spent weekends together once a month working with a mediator to try to reconcile the differences in their marriage. How would you advise Man-Yee to proceed? Can she successfully obtain a divorce?

Would your answer change if it turns out that Carlos has a second family with his friend Zeke?

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Question 2 (25%)

Ali and Samir were married in Vermont 3 years ago. The state of Vermont allows for same sex marriage. They wish to move back to Canada. They come to you for advice as you had been their lawyer before they moved to Vermont. Will their marriage be recognized in Ontario?

If they moved to Quebec would this change their status?

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Question 3 (25%) Based on this question you may have up to 750 for your response

Claire recently had her petition for divorce granted by the courts. She wishes to know what her rights are with respect to property between herself and her ex-husband Quincy. Please explain to Claire what property does and does not qualify as net family property. In particular, she wants to know about the following:

A)A precious Tom Thompson painting that was given to her in a will by her grandmother

B)The matrimonial home

C)A set of fine china purchased during the marriage

D)The Porsche that she bought for Quincy on his 40th birthday

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Question 4 (25%)

Rosie goes on a trip to Niagara Falls with her friends. After 8 cosmopolitans Rosie meets Mason. They hit it off and decide to get married that night. Rosie wakes up the next morning to find that to her horror she is married to a snoring, bed-hogging husband. To her benefit, Rosie passed out on the bed before the marriage could be consummated.

In panic, Rosie comes to you for advice about how she can get out of this badly mistaken situation that she had found herself in.

Provide Rosie with two different grounds in which this marriage could be voided.

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