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BACKGROUND This case involves a parenting dispute between Mr. Chakraborty (the “Father”) and Ms. Phenix (the “Mother”) concerning their two teenage children, now ages 15 and 16. The ... Read more
Definition of Parental Alienation Parental alienation is a complex and often misunderstood phenomenon that occurs when one parent deliberately attempts to distance their child from the other parent. ... Read more
Violante v Beun, [2014] WDFL 2907, 241 ACWS (3d) 161 This case addresses the issue of a variation of interim custody on the eve of trial due to a ... Read more
The case of L.(J.K.) v. S.(N.C.) canvasses the difficult issue of parental alienation and what in the court’s view seems to be an effective means to deal with ... Read more
Parental alienation essentially occurs when a parent’s behaviour, whether conscious or unconscious, serves to mitigate the relationship between a child and the other parent. This alienation is often ... Read more
Courts are becoming ever so cognizant about the damaging effects had on children caught in the battle of alienation. The case of Filaber v. Filaber is yet another court decision ... Read more
This blog comments on the second half of Justice McWatt’s judgment in the matter of L(AG) v. D(KB). The first half of Justice McWatt’s judgment dealt with custody ... Read more
The parties in this case began cohabiting in 2006, and had one child together shortly thereafter. The parties had a very volatile relationship, and thus, permanently separated in ... Read more
The parties in this case included a mother (grandmother to the children) and daughter that were involved in custody litigation. The daughter is a single parent with sole ... Read more
This case is an appeal of an arbitration decision. The parties have two children, aged 15 and almost 18 at the time of this appeal. In July of ... Read more
The Facts This case is the third trial regarding custody and access of the Swan children. During the first trial, the father was awarded custody. During the second ... Read more
In this case, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed the decisions reached at the Ontario Superior Court stemming from the dispute between the parties, C.S. and M.S., who ... Read more
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