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

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

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

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

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.

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

As a criminal lawyer, I often have locals in the Port Elgin, Kincardine and Owen Sound areas question the legality of evidence against them. The simple answer would explain that there are specific rules the Police must follow when acquiring evidence. Any evidence acquired contrary to these rules may be described as wrongfully acquired evidence. So, what exactly is “wrongfully acquired evidence”? Wrongfully acquired evidence is any evidence, whether physical or verbal, that wa

There are many misconceptions floating around about what happens when someone dies without a will, also referred to dying “intestate”. It is often believed that all your personal possessions and property fall to the government, which is not the case. There are laws which govern what happens to property when a person dies without a Will. WHO CAN ADMINISTER YOUR ESTATE In a majority of cases the party best qualified to administer the estate will be a spouse, adult child or clos

After separating, one of the most commonly asked questions is “What about the children?”. Custody is broken down into two main components – 1. Where will the child live; and 2. Who will be responsible for making decisions regarding the child. Contrary to popular belief, there are actually five different types of custody. There is sole custody, joint custody, shared custody, parallel parenting, or nesting orders. In some cases in the past, the Judge has refused to make an orde