Thomas C. Dart, Partner, Family Law.
If you are separated and have either a court order or separation agreement under which you have to make support payments to your ex-spouse, you may think that, once you retire, you won’t have to continue making your payments. Well the answer is, it depends….
The law says
By Douglas J. Manning, Partner, Certified Specialist in Family Law
So you want to “win” your child custody case? Here are some do’s and don’ts:
Barrie Hayes, Partner
There is no doubt that hiring a lawyer to represent you in Family Court can be a very expensive undertaking.
One alternative to entering into a comprehensive Family Court retainer with a lawyer is to retain the lawyer to provide a specific service or undertaking in relation to your Family
Barrie Hayes, Family Law Partner.
The Family law act provisions in relation to equalization of net family property require that the parties account for and value family assets which existed at the date of marriage and date of separation.
The date of marriage is easily established, but fixing the date of separation, on occasion
Thomas Dart, Partner, Family Law
We are in the midst of an Ontario election. The campaigns of the three leading parties can only best be described as adversarial. As voters, we should ask: Is the adversarial nature of the campaign helpful to the governance of Ontario? I think most of us would answer most emphatically
By Douglas Manning, Partner, Certified Specialist in Family Law
In these days of ever-increasing complexity in
how we communicate (and perhaps why we communicate) couples might be well-served to discuss the “Rules of Engagement” in how they use their social media accounts. Relationships are hard enough as it is, but now with the rise
By Douglas J. Manning, Partner, Certified Specialist in Family Law
Being a trendy sort of guy, (and a family law lawyer to boot) I was intrigued in reading about the much publicized recent break up of movie star Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.
They are not calling it a ’separation‘ or a
Barrie Hayes, Partner, Family Law
Statistics Canada has recently released an analytical paper addressing parenting and child support after separation or divorce. Highlights of the paper are as follows:
In 2011, approximately 5,000,000 Canadians had separated or divorced within the last 20 years. Of these, about one quarter currently had at least one child
Kim Kieller, partner Family Law
By now most of the public is aware that there are several ways to settle any dispute – whether it be a family breakdown, a corporate shareholder dispute or an employment contract disagreement. Historically, the parties would prepare their materials and let a third party – a judge &ndash
Thomas Dart, Partner, Family Law
Are there any similarities between the Olympics and the family law court system? Well…..if you are caught up in a family law dispute with your life long partner, you may think so. What are the differences?
There is competition – many times, particularly if you are in court, the