A Canadian woman has gone to court to prevent her husband’s plans to die by euthanasia.

While he says he’s suffering and near the end of his life because of advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), she says his wish to die is not based on physical illness, but anxiety and mental delusions.

The man was approved and scheduled for medical assistance in dying (MAID) in July, but his wife applied for a permanent injunction from Nova Scotia Supreme Court, forcing him to pause his plans.

Justice Peter Rosinski heard the case earlier this month and dismissed her request for an interlocutory injunction in a decision that was released last Friday.

Hugh Scher, a lawyer representing the woman, told CBC he’s already filed an appeal, which is to be heard in the high court next week. The man’s plans to die will be forestalled at least until the appeal proceedings are complete.