Posts in Office of the Children's Lawyer

Mar 29 How Feuding Parents Should NOT Act: Court Limits Parties’ Communication

Dulude v Cordeiro , 2018 ONSC 1849 Background The parties were not married, but lived together for approximately 3 years. The ...

Jul 21 When the Office of the Children’s Lawyer Goes too Far

Eustace v Eustace , 2016 ONSC 8191 It is not common that we see costs awarded against the Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL). ...

May 26 Office of the Children’s Lawyer and Temporary Custody Orders: O’Connor v O’Connor, 2017 ONCJ 48

In this case, Parent J. of the Ontario Court of Justice addressed the role of a report from the Office of the Children’s Lawyer ...

Nov 18 Reunification Counselling and Parental Alienation

Testani v. Haughton , 2016 CarswellOnt 14573 (Ont. S.C.J.) In this decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Justice ...

Sep 16 Diab v. Diab 2016 ONSC 3299

This recent Superior Court of Justice decision provides insight into the difficult analysis that the Court must undertake when ...

Dec 18 Interim Custody – Motion to Change a Temporary Order for Custody & Access

Miner v. Mandel , 2015 ONSC 6792 This case examines some of the factors considered when assessing best interests of the child in ...