Ontario woman could be forced to cancel August wedding due to ongoing court delays
CTV
An Ontario couple’s uncontested divorce case is taking so long in court that it’s interfering with the soon-to-be ex-wife’s next wedding.
An Ontario couple’s uncontested divorce case is taking so long in court that it’s interfering with the soon-to-be ex-wife’s next wedding.
As pandemic-related delays are tying up courts in some regions, Krista Norman's plan for an August wedding is slipping through her fingers.
“I just want to be with him,” Norman told CTV News in an interview. “It breaks my heart. I was hoping to say ‘I do’ to someone I love — and I’m so let down.”
Norman’s marriage with her soon-to-be ex-husband is still on the books in Ontario, long after the pair separated and jointly filed an uncontested divorce in January.
Records show it was approved by a government agency in February. The next stop is a Superior Court judge in a Newmarket, Ont. courthouse, which seemed like an easy step given that both parties have already agreed on all aspects of the case.
But as May came and went, Norman said she hadn’t heard back, she began to get worried.
“In theory, it was supposed to be done by June at the latest. That was not the case,” Norman said.
