Recent Posts in the Office of the Children's Lawyer Category

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

  Mar 29, 2018
  Dulude v Cordeiro , 2018 ONSC 1849 Background The parties were not married, but lived together for approximately 3 years. The Mother had a son from a ...
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• When the Office of the Children’s Lawyer Goes too Far

  Jul 21, 2017
  Eustace v Eustace , 2016 ONSC 8191 It is not common that we see costs awarded against the Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL). In this case, Emery ...
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• Office of the Children’s Lawyer and Temporary Custody Orders: O’Connor v O’Connor, 2017 ONCJ 48

  May 26, 2017
  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 (OCL) in light of ...
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• Reunification Counselling and Parental Alienation

  Nov 18, 2016
  Testani v. Haughton , 2016 CarswellOnt 14573 (Ont. S.C.J.) In this decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Justice Jarvis canvasses several ...
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• Diab v. Diab 2016 ONSC 3299

  Sep 16, 2016
  This recent Superior Court of Justice decision provides insight into the difficult analysis that the Court must undertake when rendering high conflict ...
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• Interim Custody – Motion to Change a Temporary Order for Custody & Access

  Dec 18, 2015
  Miner v. Mandel , 2015 ONSC 6792 This case examines some of the factors considered when assessing best interests of the child in the context of ...
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• Arbitration Agreements - Staying Court Action and Best Interests of the Children

  Aug 28, 2015
  Parker v Pal, 2014 ONSC 7035 This high conflict case considers the jurisdiction of the courts to deal with a matter undergoing arbitration under an ...
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• The Representation of the Children in Proceedings

  Dec 26, 2014
  Fiorito v Wiggins , 2014 ONCA 603 This case addresses the issue regarding the representation of the child in proceedings. Background The Appellant ...
  Posted By Andrew Feldstein
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