Family Law

In Ontario, grandparents face a challenge when they are denied access to their grandchildren. A new Ontario case Nicholas v. Herdman (2015) is a case in point. This case mostly affirms the traditional approach of the law to grandparents seeking time with their grandchildren. Here, their granddaughter was two years old. The parents would not […]

The case: Letoria v. R (2015) – a decision of the federal Tax Court of Canada By their Family Court Order, made on consent, Mom and Dad agreed to: 1. shared parenting of their child; 2. calculate what each owed to the other for Table child support (based on their respective incomes from all sources);

If a child from Canada is abducted to a foreign country, or is not returned from vacation in or a trip to a foreign country, the left-behind parent in Canada faces a challenging process to have the child returned (but there is a legal process available). Generally, the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International

You and your partner separate. What about the RESPs that you have accumulated during the relationship for the children? Commonly parents dispute who may and how to administer RESPs on relationship breakdowns. Often one co-trustee believes he or she should be responsible for the RESPs solely, without the involvement of the other. An RESP is,

Spousal support………some basic points to consider: Generally, there are three types of spousal support in Ontario: (1) compensatory; (2) contractual (i.e., pursuant to a domestic contract, or pre-nup, for example; and (3) non-compensatory (the most common type of support ordered by Ontario Family Courts) currently, which is generally thought of as a needs-based type of