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

Case laws, based on particular circumstances, have held that pensions may be ordered to be transferred immediately instead of waiting

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

Clients are often carried away by emotions. Lawyers, less so. Yet, there are times when lawyers too get carried away along with clients

what to expect at trial, especially in a he-said and she-said situation

guidance on the issue of exclusive possession of family property

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 ...

There is an automatic driving prohibition of at least one year against such accused. However, the Government of Ontario ...

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

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

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

I am sometimes asked in Court about the quality of an affidavit that a client / affiant swears to. The affidavit is a sworn statement ...

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According to Section 11(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms “Any person charged with an offence has the right…to be tried with

As a criminal lawyer, I often have locals in the Port Elgin, Kincardine and Owen Sound areas question the legality of evidence against th...