Recent Posts in the Children's Law Reform Act Category

• Disclosure of Documents Pertaining to Court Ordered Assessments of Children

  May 11, 2018
  N.H. v. J.H. 2018 ONSC 2658, 2018 CarswellOnt 6774 In NH v JH , the question was posed about whether a court can refuse to order full disclosure of ...
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• To Share or Not to Share: When and Why Courts Order Shared Parenting

  Oct 23, 2017
  Balke v O’Conner 2017 ONSC 2491 This case involves the parents of a three-year old child and deals with the contested interim parenting arrangement. ...
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• What You Should Know About Child Custody in Ontario

  Sep 1, 2017
  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 legislation tells us ...
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• The Sperm Bank Saga: How Parental Rights are Catching Up to Reproductive Technology in Canada

  Jun 16, 2017
  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 , which ultimately ...
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• Children’s habitual residence: Balev v. Baggott, 2016 ONSC 55

  May 2, 2016
  The parties married in Ontario in November of 2000. In 2001, they moved to Germany, where their two children were born in 2002 and 2005. The children ...
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• Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto v L.(D.), 2014 ONCJ 587

  Feb 17, 2015
  This case addresses the issue of who is considered a parent within the meaning of the Child and Family Services Act . Background On June 4, 2014, the ...
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• Lifting an automatic stay pursuant to section 27 of the Children’s Law Reform Act

  Jan 31, 2015
  Zhong v Wang , 2014 ONCJ 487 This case addresses the issue of lifting an automatic stay pursuant to section 27 of the Children’s Law Reform Act . ...
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• DNA Paternity Testing: Griggs v Cummins, 2014 ONSC 3956

  Nov 28, 2014
  This case addresses the issue of DNA paternity testing. Background The Father in this matter brought a motion requesting leave to obtain a blood test ...
  Posted By Andrew Feldstein
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