Recent Posts in the Family Law Act Category

• When is a Cottage not a Matrimonial Home? – Egan v. Burton

  Apr 17, 2014
  In this case, the Husband owned a cottage prior to marriage and paid for all the expenses for upkeep and improvements of the cottage. Aside from ...
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• Houle v. Trottier

  Jan 24, 2014
  In this judgment of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court), Justices Pardu, Aston and Linhares De Sousa review the law surrounding ...
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• Cuffe v Desjardins: Setting Aside a Domestic Contract

  Nov 15, 2013
  In this judgment of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Justice Mackinnon discusses the court’s considerations in setting aside a domestic contract ...
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• Deducting, excluding, and tracing – Townshend v. Townshend

  Aug 2, 2013
  This Ontario Court of Appeal case serves as a useful refresher on the proper approach to net family property deductions, exclusions, and tracing. ...
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• Stevens v. Stevens – An unsuccessful appeal

  Jul 12, 2013
  This Court of Appeal decision affirms a 2012 finding and pays homage to the idea of justice served. The Applicant was wholly unsuccessful in his ...
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• Hincks v. Gallardo: in same-sex unions, the real issue is choice

  Jun 25, 2013
  Earlier this month, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released a ground breaking decision regarding the interpretation of the Civil Marriage Act . ...
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• Pensions: ‘unjust enrichment,’ survivor benefits, and equalization payments on installment

  Nov 16, 2012
  In the case Symmons v. Symmons, the Ontario Court of Appeal decided an appeal from the wife who appealed an order requiring her to pay her husband an ...
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• Ward v. Ward

  Nov 18, 2011
  The parties in this case were married on June 8, 1996 and separated after approximately 11 years of marriage on March 30, 2007. At the end of June ...
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