The BC Court of Appeal just released a decision called Domirti v. Domirti, 2010 BCCA 472, which considered an appeal by the husband from an Order that he pay indefinite spousal support to his wife. The basis on which [...read full post]
In family law, the question of someone’s background is sometime a relevant factor. The Ministry of the Attorney General has provided, through its Court Services Online website, a valuable starting point for an investigation of a person’s criminal justice [...read full post]
In a situation where two different family law actions have been commenced dealing with the same parties – one in B.C. Provincial Court and the other in the Supreme Court of British Columbia – it is often the case that [...read full post]
According to a new B.C. Supreme Court decision, expert critiques and reviews of Section 15 Custody and Access reports should not be admitted as evidence at trial, nor should the testimony of that expert him or herself. In Hejzlar v. [...read full post]
I came across an article in The Walrus last week regarding a Chicago law firm which put out a rather risqué advertisement trumpeting, “Life’s short. Get a divorce”. This got me thinking about what, as family lawyers, the line is [...read full post]
