Posts in 2021

Dec 28 Dunn v. Shaw 2021 ONSC 8286

Even where the court finds that there has been contempt of court, a court may decline to exercise its power when it is in the best ...

Dec 16 J.L. v. Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa and S.D., 2021 CarswellOnt 13474 (Div. Ct.)

Background The Children’s Aid Society had apprehended the parties young child at birth. The mother of the child did not oppose the ...

Dec 10 M.S. v. K.A. 2021 ONSC 7853 – Alienation of a child cannot and will not be condoned.

BACKGROUND The parties in this matter were never married, nor did they live together. They dated for just over a year and had a ...

Dec 03 Ray-Ellis v Goodtrack et. al, 2021 ONSC 3102 - Reminder: Don’t forget to change your beneficiary designations when going through a separation

Background The parties in this case were married in 1993 and separated in 1998. Prior to separation, in 1997, the husband ...

Nov 29 McBennett v. Danis 2021 ONSC 3610 - Changes to the Divorce Act: The expansion of the definition of family violence

PREAMBLE This case dealt with a multitude of issues which will not be addressed in this blog. The focus of this blog will be to ...

Nov 19 Blacklock v Tkacz, 2021 CarswellOnt 13012 - Child Support Against the Deceased’s Estate

This case outlines the importance of including a provision in a support Order which clearly states that the Order also binds the ...