A recent article in the Toronto Star, ‘The Political Becomes Personal’ – Tanya Talaga, Saturday March 12th, brought home to me the additional stress that single parent/working women face in our ‘liberated’ society.
NDP leader Andrea Horwath had recently ended her 25 year common-law relationship. While the article did not deal with any of the…
In the majority of Family Court proceedings, the case conference is the first time the parties will appear before a judge. As a result, some people feel pretty nervous going in to it – they may not really know what to expect. Hopefully this overview will provide some general and practical information …. and help…
Ontario is now committed to reforming the family court system in Ontario. To make that happen the government intends to change the attitude of all participants. Those of us who deal with family breakdowns have long understood that the adversarial system is really not the best system to deal with family breakdown. That system often…
For several years, the Ontario Superior Court, Family Division in our County and through the province have faced administrative challenges in dealing with ever increasing numbers of files. The challenge has been further exacerbated by an increasing incidents of self represented parties who are, understandably, not familiar with the court procedural rules and necessary pleadings…
