Ontario Family Law · Case Reports
New Ontario family law decisions, summarized as they are released: the facts, the issue, the analysis, and the outcome. Written for the separating families living these questions, and for the counsel who argue them.
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54 decisionsNotions of the “traditional” family unit have evolved over time. Accordingly, the judicial system needs to adapt to be better equipped to adjudicate new issues that arise. In ... Read more
Psychiatric Records in Custody Cases Background:The parties had a brief relationship that produced one child who was two-and-a-half years old at the time of the motion. In the ... Read more
In the case of Thomas v Osika, the parties involved had a shared parenting arrangement for their four-year-old child. Justice Audet ordered that the mother could make decisions ... Read more
Background The parties were married for 20 years and shared four children. The father was an accountant and operated his own business. He held licenses to practice in ... Read more
Background This case addressed a rather rare occurrence in family law – a mistrial. Mistrials occur when there is a fundamental error or serious irregularity in the conduct ... Read more
Background The parties were married for three years and cohabited for four years in total. They have one child together, but the wife has two children from her ... Read more
Background: In this case, the wife brought a motion for financial disclosure of a company owned by her husband’s parents and an Order that the husband’s father attend ... Read more
Nafar-Ross v. Raahemi, 2018 CarswellOnt 7831 (Ont. S.C.J.) Background: The parties were married for 15 years and had two children. This motion concerned the younger child, an 18 ... Read more
Hunt v Worrod, 2018 ONSC 2133 This case dealt with an award of costs against Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) due to its failure to properly monitor proceedings for ... Read more
In this case, the court needed to determine the husband’s income for support purposes. Although the case covered a number of issues, the interesting issue pertained to the ... Read more
In this case, the court was confronted with several issues pertaining to making changes to a final custody order, however, the interesting legal issue looked at the issue ... Read more
McLeod v Peppe, 2018 ONSC 2364 This case examined when a court might exercise its jurisdiction to hear and decide on a motion for custody of and access ... Read more
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