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M v H
Supreme Court of Canada case on same-sex couples / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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M v H [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the rights of cohabiting same-sex couples to equal treatment under the law. The court found that the definition of spouse in section 29 of Ontario's Family Law Act, which extended spousal support rights to unmarried cohabiting opposite-sex couples but not same-sex couples, was discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional under section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Quick Facts M v H, Hearing: March 18, 1998 Judgment: May 20, 1999 ...
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Hearing: March 18, 1998 Judgment: May 20, 1999 | |
Full case name | The Attorney General for Ontario v. M. and H. |
Citations | [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3; 171 D.L.R. (4th) 577; 46 R.F.L. (4th) 32; 238 N.R. 179; AZ-50065792; E.Y.B. 1999-12460; J.E. 99-1064; [1999] S.C.J. No 23 (QL); 121 O.A.C. 1; [1999] A.C.S. no 23; 62 C.R.R. (2d) 1 |
Ruling | Appeal and cross-appeal dismissed, remedy modified |
Holding | |
Section 29 of the Family Law Act is declared of no force or effect. The effect of that declaration is temporarily suspended for a period of six months. | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Puisne Justices: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie | |
Reasons given | |
Majority | Cory and Iacobucci JJ., joined by Lamer C.J. and L'Heureux-Dubé, McLachlin, and Binnie JJ. |
Concurrence | Major J. |
Concurrence | Bastarache J. |
Dissent | Gonthier J. |
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