David Harris-Lowe, Partner, Family Law
36 days in trial after two years in the court system. $500,000.00 in legal fees, with one party owing the other almost $200,000.00 as part of those legal costs. This was only part of the fallout recently after two parents were unable to agree to a custody and access
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
By Douglas J. Manning, Partner, Certified Specialist in Family Law
A divorce ends a marriage but when children are involved parents still have to remain in communication with each other. You can divorce your spouse, but you can’t be divorced from your kids’ other parent.
However, the reality is that often the last person
Jodi Armstrong, Associate
Generally speaking, every parent has an obligation to provide support for his or her unmarried child who is under the age of 18. There is, however, an exception for children aged 16 or 17 who have withdrawn from parental control.
A frequently referenced case with respect to the concept of the
By Lori L. Aylwin
One of the toughest issues we face in family law is the question of whether a parent can move their residence and “move forward” after separation when there are arrangements with another parent for access or when there is a shared residential arrangement.
Here is a list of DO’s and DON’Ts
Catherine Hyde – Family Law Clerk
Summers in Barrie, Ontario have always been beautiful. We live in a marvelous city with the beautiful Kempenfelt Bay at its centre. I came from a si
ngle parent home and there was not much money. Back in the 60’s every Sunday we walked from our home on Mulholland Drive
The breakdown of a relationship is always a stressful experience but the emotional impact is heightened when there are children involved and spouses are faced with making a decision about how they intend to parent their children going forward or, worse yet, they are faced with having a judge make that decision for them. Once
There was recently a flurry of news coverage in Canada: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1060078 and internationally:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15074776 reporting that a missing little girl from Manchester UK had been found in Quebec. The little girls’ story is a sad one, though similar tales have become more familiar and more widely reported in recent years. Pearl Gavaghan Da Massa was
I just read an article in the September 12, 2011 issue of McLean’s that caught my eye. The article written by Julia McKinnell discusses a new book for divorced parents entitled “Joint Custody with a Jerk” co-authored by Julie Ross and Judy Corcoran. Boy, the article hit home with me as in my practice
The Child Support Guidelines, which came into effect on May 1, 1997, set out four admirable objectives:
When children reside primarily with one parent (more than 60% of the time), the Guidelines are