The Supreme Court released the Leskun decision today: http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/judgments/2006scc025.htm At issue was the interplay between fault and spousal support. Ms Leskun argued that support should not be reduced as, 8 years after the fact, she was still too emotionally devastated by her husband’s affair to work. The Supreme Court held that while fault is not [...]

In her comments on my post about the so-called Roe v. Wade case for men, Jenny raises a number of interesting questions about what rights and responsibilities an unwed father in Canada has in regards to his unborn children when he is no longer in a relationship with the mother. Child Support Once a child is born, [...]

Most people involved in a family law case in Canada know that the amount of spousal support or child support that must be paid is based on income. However, income for family law purposes is not the same as income for income tax purposes. The question that often arises is what is income for family [...]

When a women gets pregnant, there is a defined period during which she can make a choice about what to do with the baby - raise the child, put the child up for adoption, or have an abortion. However, as the law stands right now, men don’t have any say into that choice, yet [...]

In my last post, I discussed 8 roadblocks to settling your divorce. They are not easy to overcome, yet they are the reason that many divorce cases become so difficult to resolve. My preferred method for dealing with a lot of these roadblocks is to get a neutral experienced third party involved who can deal [...]

Many times in my practice, once I am familiar with all the facts of a case (including both my client’s version and the version of my client’s spouse) I can predict a range of outcomes that’s normally very accurate. Despite this, it can be difficult to settle a divorce case, raising legal fees tremendously [...]

In Ontario, what was previously known as an examination for discovery is now called questioning. I’ve previously discussed what questioning is. There was an extensive discussion in our forum about how stressful questioning is. Here are 8 tips about how to succeed at your questioning: 1. Give Precise Answers. If you’re asked how [...]

One of the most difficult things to deal with in family law is when one parent denies access to the other. This normally occurs in one of two ways: (1) simply not dropping off the children for access or not being around when the other parent arrives to pick up the children for [...]

So, somebody’s made a complaint to the Law Society about my web site and, in particular, about this page that deals with child support. While I haven’t yet received a copy of the complaint, apparently the essence of the complaint is that this page encourages fraud and encourages people to evade their child support obligations. The reality [...]

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