Posts in Children's Law Reform Act

Apr 29 NFL Player Tyreek Hill Is Under Investigation for Child Abuse

NFL player Tyreek Hill has been accused of child abuse and is currently under investigation with the District Attorney’s Office. ...

Oct 23 To Share or Not to Share: When and Why Courts Order Shared Parenting

Balke v O’Conner 2017 ONSC 2491 This case involves the parents of a three-year old child and deals with the contested interim ...

Sep 01 What You Should Know About Child Custody in Ontario

The Children’s Law Reform Act states that the father and the mother of a child are equally entitled to custody of the child. The ...

Jun 16 The Sperm Bank Saga: How Parental Rights are Catching Up to Reproductive Technology in Canada

R(M.R.) v. M(J.) 2017 Carswell 6290 This case provides an example of how the proposed changes to the Children’s Law Reform Act , ...

May 02 Children’s habitual residence: Balev v. Baggott, 2016 ONSC 55

The parties married in Ontario in November of 2000. In 2001, they moved to Germany, where their two children were born in 2002 and ...

Feb 17 Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto v L.(D.), 2014 ONCJ 587

This case addresses the issue of who is considered a parent within the meaning of the Child and Family Services Act . Background ...