Imputing income to persons who are earning less than they should be earning due to their own reckless behaviour or misconduct

When the mother wants to leave with the child to start a new life, step grandmother calls up the CAS to do a welfare check on the child ...

Often enough people get together and have children then split. And again, the cycle repeats leaving the payor with two families to support

some very useful principles related to how the limitation period applies to a claim for equalisation under the family law act

The reality of life is that couples commit to be together for life time and yet, differences cropped up and inevitably they separate

Before a lawyer or judge can determine an appropriate amount of support for a person to pay, it is necessary to first determine income

legal principles of the meaning of the term spouse. The legal principles - who is a spouse?:

This post will focus on the issue of how to fulfill the conditions to the satisfaction of the society and the court such that an apprehended

Superior court Judge, Justice McLeod, at the end of a trial, ordered that the child’s primary residence continue to be with the respondent

Very recently, the Ontario Court of Appeal had the opportunity to revisit the issue of contempt. The message from the Court is clear.

Separation is never easy. It’s even harder when there are children involved.

The ultimate question in custody and access disputes is “What is in the child’s best interest?”.

Often, courts make final orders on custody and access. Many times, one of the parties do not follow the order of the Court.

The Office of the Children’s Lawyer (sometimes referred to as an “OCL”) may be asked to become involved in any custody or access disputes pu

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Recently, in the case of L.A.S. v. G.F., 2019 ONCJ, 308, the Honorable Justice Zisman had the opportunity to go into this issue in detail.

The CAS has the power to apprehend in a straightforward manner. But they often choose not to apprehend directly.

As a Family Law lawyer, I often hear people comment that mothers are almost always granted custody of the children over the father...

It is often believed that a couple who has lived together for a long period of time without ever getting married, also referred to as common law spouses, are...

According to provincial statistics, the various children’s aid societies across Ontario provided their services to 43,000 families last year alone. From thos...