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| August 12, 2025
Alcohol-related issues are often a point of contention in divorce and parenting disputes. A parent’s use of alcohol can play a significant role in parenting cases, especially if it is... Continue Reading...
| August 8, 2025
Literally, it means “to speak the truth”. But isn’t that obvious? It’s not so simple. According to the Divorce Act and the Children’s Law Reform Act, when trial judges are... Continue Reading...
| August 6, 2025
Parental estrangement, particularly when a child distances themselves from one parent, can have profound and lasting psychological effects. The absence of a parent in a child’s life can lead to... 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 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
This question is more common than you think. If both parents earn $100,000 per year and the children live with one parent, then the other parent pays child support of... Continue Reading...
| July 25, 2025
Not according to this recent court case. In the case of Theriault v. Ford, 2022 ONSC 3619 (CanLII), the parents were married in 2013 and had two children (9 and... Continue Reading...
| July 24, 2025
The school placement of a child of separated parents has become the subject of disagreement between parents and, in some cases, the objective of the litigation. Parents will argue that the... Continue Reading...
| July 23, 2025
Parenting Coordinators help former spouses settle the inevitable post-divorce parenting disputes that arise between them. No matter how amicable a split, it’s unrealistic for parents to expect that their ongoing relationship will... Continue Reading...