Wednesday’s Video Clip: Top 5 Questions About Spousal Support in Ontario, Canada
Wednesday’s Video Clip: Top 5 Questions About Spousal Support in Ontario, Canada In this video we review the top 5 questions about spousal support in Ontario, Canada. Spousal support – which is...
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Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines – Are They a Package Deal?
Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines – Are They a Package Deal? In a decision called Mason v. Mason, the Ontario Court of Appeal considered a narrow legal question: Is a judge entitled to use the...
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Evidence from the Internet – Is It Good Enough for Court?
Evidence from the Internet – Is It Good Enough for Court? In a case I reported on recently called Caine v. Ferguson the father claimed that his income was too low for him to pay child support for his...
View ArticleWednesday’s Video Clip: Obligations to Pay Child Support Even with Undue...
Wednesday’s Video Clip: Obligations to Pay Child Support Even with Undue Hardship In this video we review a court decision in which the court confirmed that a father was still obligated to pay support...
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Court Finds Husband Just “Going Through the Motions” on His Job Search
Court Finds Husband Just “Going Through the Motions” on His Job Search One of the basic principles underpinning Ontario family law, is that the parties must behave with good faith towards each other...
View ArticleWednesday’s Video Clip: Child Support & Parents on Social Assistance
Wednesday’s Video Clip: Child Support & Parents on Social Assistance Parents on social assistance who have custody of their children must make reasonable efforts to get support from the other...
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Couple’s Use of Support Set-Off Calculations Costs Husband His $15,000 Tax...
Use of Support Set-Off Calculations Costs Husband His $15,000 Tax Credit The husband and wife separated in 2011. Based on their respective yearly incomes, they amicably resolved their issues as to...
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Mother’s Bid to Relocate Child – Was it Just a Pretext to Join New Romantic...
Mother’s Bid to Relocate Child – Was it Just a Pretext to Join New Romantic Partner? The parents of a 5-year old boy had separated in 2015, and had a court-approved agreement as to joint custody and...
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Should (Another) 20-Year-Old Cohabitation Agreement Be Upheld?
Should (Another) 20-Year-Old Cohabitation Agreement Be Upheld? A few weeks ago, I wrote about a case in which the court was asked whether a separation agreement signed by a couple 20 years earlier...
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Long-Awaited Update to Federal Child Support Guidelines
Long-Awaited Update to Federal Child Support Guidelines Important news for those who pay – or are eligible to receive – child support anywhere in Canada. What are the “Guidelines”? As most of my...
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Child Support Law Changing to Include Adult Children with Disabilities
Child Support Law Changing to Include Adult Children with Disabilities As I reported back this past summer, a court challenge by a single mother of a 22- year-old disabled young man, based on an...
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Can Grandparents be Sued for Child Support?
Can Grandparents be Sued for Child Support? As was reported in the news media recently, two Ontario grandparents have been sued for child support for their granddaughter. Their upcoming court hearing...
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Can You Go to Jail for Not Paying Child Support?
Can You Go to Jail for Not Paying Child Support? Most separated and divorced parents are at least vaguely aware that there are certain enforcement mechanisms available in cases where a parent fails or...
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Money is No Object for Divorcing U.K. Couple
Money is No Object for Divorcing U.K. Couple Over the years I have often posted about cases in which a Canadian court invites warring former spouses to reflect on the sheer amount of money they are...
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A Day in the Life: Court Uses “Ladder” Metaphor to Get Through to...
A Day in the Life: Court Uses “Ladder” Metaphor to Get Through to Firefighter Dad In an upcoming blog about an Ontario court decision in which the court was tasked with sorting out a particularly...
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Thinking of Doing Some Cyber-Sleuthing? Think Again
Thinking of Doing Some Cyber-Sleuthing? Think Again I wrote a recent Blog about the admissibility of surreptitiously-recorded telephone conversations in Family law proceedings. I have also written...
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If You are Divorced in a Foreign Country, Can a Canadian Court Make Orders Too?
If You are Divorced in a Foreign Country, Can a Canadian Court Make Orders Too? The facts in Cheng v. Liu are a little unusual, but the core question was this: If a couple’s divorce is validly granted...
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Changes to Divorce Act Recommended
Changes to Divorce Act Recommended The Canadian Bar Association (CBA), which is the largest professional, nation-wide association for lawyers in Canada, has recently recommended updates to the federal...
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Father Says Kid’s Karate is OK, but MMA is Not; Court Rules on Special Expenses
Father Says Kid’s Karate is OK, but MMA is Not; Court Rules on Special Expenses As readers of my Blog will know, under the rules relating to child support in Ontario, parents are obliged to...
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Italy Proposes New Law with Hopes to Abolish “Support”
Italy Proposes New Law with Hopes to Abolish “Support” The Italian government has recently proposed a Bill to abolish child support and sole custody. The Bill is intended to provide a framework for...
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