Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers’ First Annual Holiday Toy Drive
Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers are pleased to announce the start of their First Annual Holiday Toy Drive. This year the drive will be supporting Bethesda House located in the Durham...
View ArticleGM Oshawa Assembly Plant Closing & Divorce
The Ghosts of GM: Past, Present and Future On November 26, 2018, the General Motors Company (GM) announced that it will cease allocating new product to its Oshawa assembly plant beyond the end of...
View ArticleFormer Shark Tank Star Ordered to Pay Ex-Wife $125,000 Per Month in Support
Former Shark Tank Star Ordered to Pay Ex-Wife $125,000 Per Month in Support In a recent ruling by the Ontario court the husband, well-known TV-celebrity Robert Herjavec was ordered to pay his ex-wife,...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleThinking 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...
View ArticleIf 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...
View ArticleChanges 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...
View ArticleFather 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...
View ArticleItaly 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...
View ArticleRussell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers’ First Annual Holiday Toy Drive
Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers are pleased to announce the start of their First Annual Holiday Toy Drive. This year the drive will be supporting Bethesda House located in the Durham...
View ArticleGM Oshawa Assembly Plant Closing & Divorce
The Ghosts of GM: Past, Present and Future On November 26, 2018, the General Motors Company (GM) announced that it will cease allocating new product to its Oshawa assembly plant beyond the end of...
View ArticleFormer Shark Tank Star Ordered to Pay Ex-Wife $125,000 Per Month in Support
Former Shark Tank Star Ordered to Pay Ex-Wife $125,000 Per Month in Support In a recent ruling by the Ontario court the husband, well-known TV-celebrity Robert Herjavec was ordered to pay his ex-wife,...
View ArticleWife’s Support Premised on Speedy Return to Work – Is 22 Years Long Enough?
Wife’s Support Premised on Speedy Return to Work – Is 22 Years Long Enough? In a recent case decided by the Ontario Court of Appeal called Choquette v. Choquette, the Court had to consider whether a...
View ArticleDivorce Information Centre – New Section
Divorce Information Centre announces an additional resource today titled, Separation – The Beginning of the End to provide access to information including: How to Know Your Date of Separation and Why...
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