Family Courts – The Good Old Days
Below is an opinion piece written by Tom Dart, Partner at Barriston Law, about his experience with the Family Law Court System. This thoughtful article …
Family Law
Cohabitation Agreements: When Do You Get One?
We often get asked “How long after I move in with my partner should I get a cohabitation agreement?”. The short answer is that the …
When is a Relationship Akin to a Marriage?
When couples are in a common-law relationship and one of the common law spouses dies, the Succession Law Reform Act authorizes the surviving spouse to …
Calculating Child Support for Incorporated Child Support Payors.
A recent Court of Appeal decision has clarified how to determine income for child support purposes in a situation where the support payor owns a …
Calculating Child Support for Incorporated Child Support Payors. Read More
When Do You Become a Spouse Under The Family Law Act?
Family law lawyers know that the many members of the general public believe that they can become spouses and then entitled to all the same …
When Do You Become a Spouse Under The Family Law Act? Read More
Do I Have to Send my Children to School During the Pandemic?
The Ontario Court, in the recent case of Chase v. Chase, has decided on the issue of whether it is in the best interest of …
Do I Have to Send my Children to School During the Pandemic? Read More
Parenting Agreements, Social Circles and COVID-19
When the province asked us all to stay home as much as possible and physical distance, we started to get a lot of questions from …
Co-Parenting; COVID-19; Technology & Mediation
“We are all in this together” – meaning the COVID-19 pandemic. But are we really? Spouses with young children who are in the very early …
COVID-19: Front-Line Workers and Child Custody.
For many parents, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges: childcare, homeschooling and finding activities to keep children entertained are just a few examples. For …