Posts in 2019

Dec 20 Rokach v. Rokach: Effect of Retirement on a Spousal Support Order

Rokach v. Rokach addresses the issue of terminating spousal support when the paying spouse retires. The parties in this case were ...

Dec 20 Mel B Banned from Taking Daughter to UK Over the Holidays

Mel B, of the 1990’s musical group Spice Girls, recently lost a court case with her ex-husband Stephen Belafonte. He vehemently ...

Dec 13 Contempt of Court: Consequences of Refusing to Facilitate Access

In Boivin v. Butts, 2019 ONCJ 610, the father brought two contempt motions against the mother and alleged that she willfully and ...

Dec 06 Updating a Section 30 Parenting Assessment

Case Background The parties in Closner v. Closner 2019 ONSC 5708 are the parents of a five-year-old girl with a history of serious ...

Dec 06 Damon Dash’s Child Support Debt to be Paid from His Settlement with Lee Daniels

It would be an understatement to say that Damon Dash owes a lot in child support. According to TMZ, Dash owes $950,000 in unpaid ...

Nov 29 Mattar v. Elbarbary: Effect of a Foreign Divorce on Property Claims in Ontario

This case examines the validity of a foreign divorce and its effect on an equalization and support claim that is commenced in ...