CASE SUMMARY: Anyanwu v. Anyanwu, 2026 ONSC 980 Overview This Ontario family law decision concerns competing motions regarding the matrimonial home following the separation of a married couple with three children. The father (Respondent) sought permission to move back into the matrimonial home and establish a 50-50 parenting arrangement. The mother (Applicant) sought exclusive possession of the home. The court also addressed the father’s conduct in litigation, ultimately find

Fournier v. Giannousopoulos, 2026 ONSC 2813 Facts KF and MG were common-law spouses and parents of twin daughters. The family lived in a home on Squires Avenue in Toronto, which was legally owned solely by K. After their separation in November 2024, M remained in the home while K moved out and continued to pay all mortgage, tax, insurance, and utility expenses. K sought an order requiring M to vacate the property and allowing her to sell it because: She could no longer afford

Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16 In Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized, for the first time, a new common law tort of intimate partner violence (IPV). The case arose from a 16-year marriage characterized by severe abuse, including physical violence, emotional abuse, intimidation, humiliation, isolation, financial control, sexual coercion, and patterns of coercive and controlling behaviour by the husband toward the wife. During divorce proceedin

In Razavi v. Golzari, 2026 ONSC 2686, the Ontario Superior Court examined whether a wife was entitled to an equalization payment after the breakdown of a challenging seven-year marriage. The husband contended that, despite their legal marriage, they functioned more like roommates or landlord-tenant equivalents. He argued that equalization under Ontario’s Family Law Act should not apply. Additionally, he claimed that a handwritten 2019 document constituted an agreement alterin