June 23, 2025 – Appeal Court Intervention

“In closing, we would underline the fact that the standard of review from orders resolving financial disputes in family law, which, as this appeal illustrates, is highly fact specific, is deferential: Lesko v. Lesko, 2021 ONCA 369, 57 R.F.L. (8th) 305, at para. 5, leave to appeal refused, [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 290. As the Supreme Court stated in Hickey v. Hickey, 1999 CanLII 691 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518, at para. 12, an appeal court should only intervene “when there is a material error, a serious misapprehension of the evidence, or an error in law”.”

          Zhao v. Xiao, 2023 ONCA 453 (CanLII) at 20

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