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| July 29, 2025
After 30 years of serving as a Toronto divorce lawyer, I have witnessed hundreds of spouses choose their lawyers while in an emotionally charged state. At the moment when... Continue Reading...
| July 29, 2025
In Bartucci v Bartucci, 2023 ONSC 3336 (CanLII), the judge heard a number of concerns with the father’s parenting, including abusive behaviour, punishing the children for not wanting to see him, telling the... Continue Reading...
| July 28, 2025
In some cases, when parents of minor children separate, they cannot agree on a parenting schedule. In these cases, it is common that each parent has a different view of what is... Continue Reading...
| July 28, 2025
Kind of. The Ontario Court of Appeal heard the appeal of Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, where after an 11 day trial Justice Mandhane decided to grant the wife $150,000 in compensation for... Continue Reading...
| July 28, 2025
It is with high conflict divorces that healthcare workers are most needed to assist the families. The types of services provided by healthcare workers, mainly psychologists and social workers, in... Continue Reading...
| July 27, 2025
Clients have asked me this question thousands of times over the last 30 years. I recently completed two live trials where I observed my clients (more critically) as they were... Continue Reading...
| July 27, 2025
A separated parent’s obligation to pay for their adult child’s post-secondary education including tuition, residence, meals and transportation has been the subject of debate ever since the law changed in 1997 with the introduction of the Child Support... Continue Reading...
| July 27, 2025
1. The basics: The ‘Canada Child Benefit’, called the ‘CCB’ in this article, is a tax-free monthly payment to parents to help with the cost of raising children under 18 years of age and... Continue Reading...
| July 26, 2025
Under Ontario law, spouses who separate have a legal duty to make full, frank and complete financial disclosure. In fact, the laws and rules all create this mandatory obligation. Section... Continue Reading...
| July 26, 2025
Let’s start with the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, also called the SSAGs, which the federal government released in 2008. The SSAGs are used across Canada by judges, mediators and lawyers... Continue Reading...