Several of our recent posts have involved the new case law that has been coming out under the Family Law Act. The Family Law Act came into force in March 2013 and has significantly altered how property division functions [...read full post]
Many family law clients ask if they should hire a private investigator to prove their spouses are cheating—probably because Canadians watch too many American legal TV shows.
If you talk to any Toronto divorce lawyer (or any family law lawyer [...read full post]
Almost everyone in Ontario has heard about Jian Ghomeshi’s recent $55 million law suit against the CBC. I’m not a labour and employment lawyer, but as soon as he filed the law suit, most of us who took even a [...read full post]
Even for a Toronto family lawyer, dealing with the court registry is often the hardest part of being involved in a family law dispute. This is because the Ontario Family Court Rules are convoluted and often confusing, and because the [...read full post]
The Supreme Court of British Columbia just released a fascinating decision regarding the effect of alcoholism on a payor parent’s maintenance obligations. The case, B.F. v. J.F., 2014 BCSC 1892, dealt with the child support obligations of a man, B.F., [...read full post]
