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Practical guidance from our Ontario family law lawyers — on divorce, decision-making responsibility, parenting time, support, and property equalization. Written for the people living through it, not the profession observing it.
In Cornelio v. Cornelio, the issue was whether the husband’s child support obligation for two children (16 year old twins) should terminate since DNA testing confirmed that he was not ... Read more
Parents who wish to have sole custody of their children may think that by attacking the parenting skills of the other parent they will gain sole custody of ... Read more
Rarely do litigants succeed on a summary judgement motion, especially in cases concerning custody and access of children, given that a court in such motions is restrained from ... Read more
The case of Krivanek v. Krivanek demonstrates some of the complexities associated with the issue of child support both for the payor and the recipient. The parties were married in ... Read more
Very rarely do we see in family law, cases released by judges that are in substance specifically related to the topic of adultery. This is because in family ... Read more
Hobbs v. Hobbs highlights the importance of complying with court orders that request financial disclosure. In this case, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of Justice Sproat of ... Read more
The couple in this particular case were married for 18 years before separating in 1998. They had two children of the marriage, namely, Jessica, born April 11, 1986 ... Read more
In Bjornson v. Creighton, the Ontario Court of Appeal developed a two-step approach of first determining custody and then determining mobility. The point of this approach was first to ... Read more
This case is an excellent demonstration of where the law currently sits with respect to child support and spousal support, as it sums up the case law in ... Read more
The older a child is the more judges give weight to the preferences and wishes of the child with respect to custody and access issues. This is probably ... Read more
According to the Divorce Act, a court of competent jurisdiction may, on application by either or both spouses make an order requiring a spouse to pay for the support of ... Read more
Caitlin, born February 12, 2005, was just born when her parents, Joseph Macdonald (“MacDonald”) and Penny Tizard (“Tizard”) began their long, complicated custody battle. The trial decision was ... Read more
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