Barrie Hayes, Partner, Family Law
There is a marked difference in the legal approach to quantifying support claims when a support payor is living as opposed to after a support payor has died.
In situations where the support payor is living the Divorce Act determines child and spousal support for married support payors and…
Barrie Hayes, Partner
In many marriages the matrimonial home is the most significant family asset owned by the spouses. The Family Law Act (“FLA”), in dealing with equalization of net family property on separation, provides special treatment of the matrimonial home.
Whereas generally a spouse may deduct from his or her net family property…
