Child Support
J v A 2021 ONCA 641
This case dealt with the notice that a payor is required to give a payee to reduce support retroactively Background In March of 2019, the parties entered into ... Read more
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Divorce
Dunn v. Shaw 2021 ONSC 8286
Even where the court finds that there has been contempt of court, a court may decline to exercise its power when it is in the best interests of ... Read more
Divorce
J.L. v. Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa and S.D., 2021 CarswellOnt 13474 (Div. Ct.)
Background The Children’s Aid Society had apprehended the parties young child at birth. The mother of the child did not oppose the Society putting the child in extended ... Read more
Divorce
Ray-Ellis v Goodtrack et. al, 2021 ONSC 3102 – Reminder: Don’t forget to change your beneficiary designations when going through
Background The parties in this case were married in 1993 and separated in 1998. Prior to separation, in 1997, the husband designated his wife as the sole beneficiary ... Read more
Divorce
McBennett v. Danis 2021 ONSC 3610 – Changes to the Divorce Act: The expansion of the definition of family violence
PREAMBLEThis case dealt with a multitude of issues which will not be addressed in this blog. The focus of this blog will be to discuss a major change ... Read more
Divorce
Leinwand v. Brown, 2021 ONSC 6866 – Where there is no urgency to determine an issue, a court may order that the parties must fir
BACKGROUND The parties in this case were married in August of 2015 and separated in March of 2019 when their son was just six months old. The parties ... Read more
Divorce
Meloche v. Meloche 2021 ONCA 640 – Do Pension Payments Continue After A Spouse’s Death?
There is nothing that precludes parties from agreeing, or the court from ordering that a pension payment may continue to a non-member spouse’s estate after that individual’s death. ... Read more
Divorce
A.C. v. L.L., 2021 ONSC 6530 – Absent truly exceptional circumstances, an Ontario court is likely to find that it is in a child
Background The parties were parents to 14-year old triplets. There was a shared parenting arrangement in which two of the children lived primarily with the father and one ... Read more
Divorce
Frey v. Purohit Frey, 2021 ONSC 6667 – The conduct of each party in litigation is a major factor in the court’s determination of
The decision for this Motion was given in August of 2021 and the following decision deals with the court’s determination of costs following the Motion. The Applicant argued ... Read more
Divorce
Diamond v Berman, 2021 ONCA 653: A demonstrated pattern of working part-time during the marriage may be considered reasonable to
Background This case arose as an appeal from two Superior Court of Justice decisions in 2020. The parties were married for 27 years prior to separation. Prior to ... Read more
Divorce
Capar v. Vujnovic 2021 ONSC 4713 – A determination of whether or not to uphold a marriage contract.
BACKGROUND The parties were married in 2012 and separated in 2019. The wife in this case was the sole owner of a home prior to marriage. After the ... Read more
Divorce
Moncur v. Plante (2021), 57 R.F.L. (8th) 293 (Ont. C.A.)
This appeal considered the court’s power to make findings of contempt in high-conflict family law disputes. Background The parties were married in 2007 and separation in 2015. They ... Read more
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