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Shankar Law Office
- May 27, 2020
- 3 min
Exclusive Possession of Family Home
guidance on the issue of exclusive possession of family property
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Shankar Law Office
- May 14, 2020
- 5 min
Valuation and separation dates - how are these decided?
How are separation dates decided? Also, why are these dates important? How does the Court decide on the valuation / separation date?
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Shankar Law Office
- Apr 24, 2020
- 3 min
CUSTODY AND ACCESS - DOES MY CHILD HAVE A VOICE?
I often have clients ask how their child’s voices may be heard by the Court.
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Shankar Law Office
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
Don’t snatch a child and try to change status quo - IT WON’T WORK
Differences erupt between the parents about the child’s well being. The father calls the Children’s Aid Society to complain about the mother
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Shankar Law Office
- Mar 24, 2020
- 11 min
Support Payor Paying Less Than What They are Supposed to Pay Due to Their Own Conduct:
Imputing income to persons who are earning less than they should be earning due to their own reckless behaviour or misconduct
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Shankar Law Office
- Mar 4, 2020
- 3 min
What is Status Quo and When is it Really Status Quo?
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 ...
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Shankar Law Office
- Feb 27, 2020
- 3 min
Impaired / refusal and the Interlock Program
There is an automatic driving prohibition of at least one year against such accused. However, the Government of Ontario ...
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Shankar Law Office
- Feb 13, 2020
- 3 min
Undue Hardship in Paying Child Support For First v Second Family
Often enough people get together and have children then split. And again, the cycle repeats leaving the payor with two families to support
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Shankar Law Office
- Feb 8, 2020
- 4 min
Equalisation
some very useful principles related to how the limitation period applies to a claim for equalisation under the family law act
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Shankar Law Office
- Dec 1, 2019
- 6 min
Spousal support: what does it mean and who qualifies?
legal principles of the meaning of the term spouse.
The legal principles - who is a spouse?:
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Shankar Law Office
- Sep 25, 2019
- 3 min
CUSTODY AND ACCESS – THE ULTIMATE QUESTION
The ultimate question in custody and access disputes is “What is in the child’s best interest?”.
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Shankar Law Office
- Sep 4, 2019
- 3 min
How to write an Affidavit
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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Shankar Law Office
- Aug 5, 2019
- 2 min
5 Tips for Finding a Good Lawyer In 2019
Perhaps you're wondering on how to get a good lawyer! Finding a dependable lawyer is imperative to ensure your legal case success
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Shankar Law Office
- Jul 11, 2019
- 3 min
Your rights as an accused to a trial within a reasonable time
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
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Shankar Law Office
- Apr 25, 2019
- 2 min
The Police Wrongfully Obtained Evidence to Charge Me – What Now?
As a criminal lawyer, I often have locals in the Port Elgin, Kincardine and Owen Sound areas question the legality of evidence against...
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Shankar Law Office
- Feb 7, 2019
- 2 min
Civil Law – How Does it Work?
Civil litigation is a lawsuit based on non-criminal statutes. Civil lawsuits are handled by the courts and typically involve individuals,...
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Shankar Law Office
- Jan 30, 2019
- 2 min
Children’s Aid Society - How it Works
According to provincial statistics, the various children’s aid societies across Ontario provided their services to 43,000 families last...
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Shankar Law Office
- Jan 23, 2019
- 3 min
Bill C-46 – What Does it Entail?
Bill C-46 – What Does it Entail? Federal statistics show that approximately four Canadians die each day as a result of impaired driving....
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