Often I am asked by clients in matrimonial cases as to what the valuation date is. Generally the valuation date is the date of separation

the issue of partitioning and sale of a matrimonial home – when one party wants such a sale and the other party resists such a sale

A good example of when income may be imputed when that party claims non-affordability to pay child support.

exclusive possession or a relief for a nesting order for a matrimonial home

guidance on the issue of exclusive possession of family property

What does the Court do when there are allegations against a spouse having long-standing custody of the children

How are separation dates decided? Also, why are these dates important? How does the Court decide on the valuation / separation date?

I often have clients ask how their child’s voices may be heard by the Court.

Differences erupt between the parents about the child’s well being. The father calls the Children’s Aid Society to complain about the mother

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.