Volume 19, No. 4 - June/Juin 2008

In this Issue:

• Canadian Bar Association Nunavut Branch Spring Report
• Message from the Chair
• Editorial
• Irish Leaders Praise Collaborative Law
• Jackson v. Jackson
• Book Review
• What Happens When a Spouse Makes a False or Exaggerated Complaint of Domestic Assault to the Police?
• All I Ever Need to Know about Mediation I Learned during My Week at Harvard

Volume 19, No. 3 - April/Avril 2008

In this Issue:

• Ontario Moves Forward with Family Law Reform
• Property Rights for Unmarried Spouses
• Fisher v. Fisher: Case Comment
• Message from the Chair
• Editorial
• The Odd Couple
• Transfers from Parents to Children
• Who's Your Daddy?
• A Closer Look at Screening for Domestic Violence and Power Imbalances
• "Civility" — A Matter of Choice?
• The Alf Mamo Road Trip to London on March 4, 2008
• Musings from a Mediator/Arbitrator

Volume 19, No. 2 - January/Janvier 2008

In this Issue:

• Message from the Chair
• Inaugural AFCC Ontario Chapter is Taking Shape
• Editorial
• I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore!
• Toronto Hosts International Collaborative Forum
• Important Notice Re: Family Arbitrations
• Something Funny about Familly Law

Volume 19, No. 1 - September/Septembre 2007

In this Issue:

• I Don't, but I'll Sign: Cohabitation Agreements and the Common-law Couple
• Practical Approaches to Parental Alienation
• What Happens Next? Information for Kids about Separation and Divorce
• Request for Proposals for Family Mediation and Information Services/Appel d'offres Services de mediation familiale et d'information
• Award for Excellence in Family Law in Memory of James McLeod, sponsored by Navigant Consulting
• Shea v. Fraser: When is an Equalization Payment Really a Support Payment?
• Recipe: Upscale Irish Stew
• If Dumbledore Ran Family Law
• Upcoming Programs
• Newsletters Now Electronic: Message from the Chair of Sections
• National Pro Bono Mentorship Program/Le programme national de mentorat pro bono
• Section Executive 2007-2008

Volume 18, No. 4 - May/Mai 2007

In this Issue:

• Kilimanjaro Climb for Care
• Comments from the Chair
• Editorial
• "Now and If" Income Determination
• Collaborative Practice in Vienna
• Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines
• I Thought I Knew Everything about Access...
• Mark Your Calendars
• Announcement Family Lawyer's Association
• Section Executive 2006-2007

Volume 18, No. 3 - March/Mars 2007

In this Issue:

• "Dickie v. Dickie: Contempt in Family Law Proceedings
• Comments from the Chair
• Commentary: SCC's Decision on Annual Income Disclosure Threatens Children's Interests
• Joint Tenancy and Equalization of Property under the Family Law Act - Not All that Equal
• Key Estate Issues for Family Law Practitioners
• Music to Soothe the Soul
• Corporations, Income Trusts and the New Dividend Tax Rate
• The James G. McLeod Professorship in Family Law
• General Information on Passport Applications for Children under 16 Years of Age
• Volunteers Needed!
• Members of Section Running for Bencher
• Georgina
• Section Executive 2006-2007

Volume 18, No. 2 - January/Janviér 2007

In this Issue:

• Amendments to the Family Law Rules
• Editorial
• The Detrimental Impact of Assisted Human Reproduction Act on the LGBT Community
• Annual Institute 2007
• Key Estate Issues for Family Law Practitioners
• Movie Review - The Queen
• Ruminations on Our Obligations: LeVan v. LeVan
• Stock Options, Double Recovery and Support
• Software Update from DIVORCEmate
• Section Executive 2006-2007

Volume 18, No. 1 - September/Septembre 2006

In this Issue:

• "Family Law: The Next Generation" - The Movie
• Message from the Chair
• Letter to the Editors
• Parties Ignore Their Contractual Relationship - What Happens?
• The Estate Freeze: Frost-Bite Warning?
• "Family Law" in the History of Women Lawyers
• Rules to Live by
• A Kinder and Gentler Marriage Contract
• Summer Reading Revisited
• Lack of Civility - Green or Mean
• Upcoming Programs
• Section Executive 2006-2007

Volume 17, No. 4 - May/Mai 2006

In this Issue:

• "Family Law: The Next Generation"
• End of Term Dinner: Thursday, June 12, 2006
• Comments from the Chair
• Editorial
• Letter to the Editor
• Will Pension Reform Finally Arrive in Ontario?
• Property Rights for Unmarried Spouses
• The One Minute Family Lawyer
• The Joy of Valuations
• London Revisited
• Book Review
• Movie Review
• M. Benjamin In Memoriam
• Section Executive 2005-2006

Volume 17, No. 3 - April/Avril 2006

In this Issue:

• Many and Sincere Thanks to ...
• Comments from the Chair
• Editorial
• Are Disability Pensions Property under the Family Law Act?
• Miglin v. Tierney-Hynes: Conflict or Consistency?
• The Ally in Collaborative Practice
• The Case File Series in Family Law
• Paralegal Found in Contempt of Court
• Section Executive 2005-2006

Volume 17, No. 2 - January/Janvier 2006

In this Issue:

• Comments from the Chair
• Editorial
• A Case Comment on Tierney-Hynes v. Hynes
• Ten Important Issues for Income Determinations and How a Chartered Business Valuator Can Help
• Book Review - Family Mediation & Collaborative Practice Handbook
• Legal Aid Coverage for Collaborative Law Cases
• Movie Review - The Squid and the Whale
• The Jewish Bais-Din - Religious Arbitration
• Contino - A Commentary
• Stress Busters
• New Standards Aim to Ensure Quality Legal Aid Service to Clients
• The Canadian Bar Review Special Edition of Ethics Call for Submissions
• Section Executive 2005-2006

Volume 17, No. 1 - October/Octobre 2005

In this Issue:

• Family Law: The Movie
• From the Producers to the Judiciary - A Good Time Was Had by All
• Comments from the Chair
• Editorial
• Letter to the Editors
• Arbitration in Family Law Disputes
• Book Review
• Movie Review
• Note on Retroactive Child Support
• Recent Changes to the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996
• Submission of the Family Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association re Bill 183
• Dismissal of Appeal for Failure to Comply with Ongoing Support Order

Volume 16, No. 6 - May/Mai 2005

In this Issue:

• Family Law: The Movie
• Editorial
• Comments from the Chair
• The 4th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights
• National Family Law Section Meeting - April 29 and 30, 2005, Toronto
• The State of Mediation Today: Where are we headed?
• Listening to Children in the Collaborative Process
• Setting a Dangerous Precedent
• Book Review
• An African Get-Away
• Movie Reviews

Volume 16, No. 5 - March/Mars 2005

In this Issue:

• Kroll Lindquist Avey Award for Excellence in Family Law
• Award Night for Family Law
• Abridged Version of Speech Given by Mary Lou Benotto
• Letter to the Editors
• Comments from the Chair
• Family Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association Statement of Position
• Highlights of the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines
• Parenting Co-ordinator Orders
• Joint Custody: Two Different Decisions, One Common Theme
• The Alberta Court of Appeal, Retroactive Child Support Trilogy

Volume 16, No. 4 - February/Février 2005

In this Issue:

• Family Court - Simcoe County Experience
• Editorial
• Letters to the Editor
• Comments from the Chair
• Family Law Section Submissions on Pension Reform
• The Family Law Rules - Perils and Pitfalls
• Mediation - Arbitration: Perspectives
• Robert Mnookin on Collaborative Law
• What Role, if any, Should Children Have in Collaborative Law?
• Acting for Cassandra - Asperger's Syndrome in Separation & Divorce
• Counselor's Corner: Introducing a New Metaphor for Divorce and Remarriage
• Movie Review
• Book Review

Volume 16, No. 3 - October/Octobre 2004

In this Issue:

• Same-Sex Marriage is Kosher
• Comments from the Chair
• Editorial
• Calling for an End to Arbitration in Family Law?
• Women's Legal Education and Action Fund ("LEAF"): Submission to Marion Boyd in Relation to Her Review of the Arbitration Act, September 17, 2004
• Position of B'nai Brith Canada Regarding Review of the Arbitration Act on Family Law Arbitration in Ontario
• Do's and Don'ts Under the New Rules
• Niagara Fallsview Casino

Volume 16, No. 2 - September/Septembre 2004

In this Issue:

• Family Law Reform: Words from the Attorney General of Ontario
• Comments from the Chair
• Editorial
• Checking Out the Spousal Support Guidelines: A Sneak Preview
• Privacy Obligations - What Every Family Lawyer Needs to Know
• The Arbitration Act and Sharia Law
• Legal Bullying: Abusive Litigation within Family Law Proceedings
• An Easy Solution to an Old Problem?
• Legal Aid Ontario Rolls Out Panel Standards for Duty Counsel
• Movie Review
• The Blights of Essex County – Summer of 2004

Volume 16, No. 1 - August/aout 2004

In this Issue:

• First Annual Academy Awards in Family Law
• Comments from the Chair
• Editorial
• Bankrupt 1, Spouse 0
• “Miglin-Proofing” Your Separation Agreements
• The Stress Express
• Marriage Breakdown - Dealing with the Financial Fallout
• Book Review
• CD Review
• Academy Award Photos
• Long After Bracklow
• Practical Tips: Observations of a Wine Lover

Volume 15, No. 5 - May/Mai 2004

In this Issue:

• The Joys of DIVORCEmate
• Message from the Chair
• Editorial
• New Expanded Application of the Family Law Rules
• Update on Limitations Act, 2002
• Update on Contino
• What's Wrong with this Picture?
• The Top 10 Fun Things about Family Law
• Disclosure and s.10 - Undue Hardship
• Hartshore: How far has the pendulum swung?
• Wine Destinations

Volume 15, No. 4 - March/Mars 2004

In this Issue:

• Annual Institute Family Law Dinner
• Much Ado About Nygard
• Editorial
• Letter to the Editors
• On the Side of the Angels
• What's New in Retro (Child Support)
• From Couch to Coach: A Purposeful Approach to Managing Divorce
• Contino v. Leonelli-Contino - A Case Comment
• The Stair(s) - Way to Dividing Pensions of Source
• Case Comment on Pearce v. Murphy
• Subject: Equivalent to Spouse Tax Credit
• Taxable Spousal Support - Special Situations
• 2004 Institute Family Law Dinner
• Book Review

Volume 15, No. 3 - February/Février 2004

In this Issue:

• 2003 OBA Award for Distinguished Service
• Comments from the Chair
• Editorial
• Book Review
• Spousal Support Guidelines
• Access and the Adolescent...Issues on Both Sides of the Fence...
• Human Reproduction Bill C-13
• Thunder Bay Law Association Family Law CLE Event
• Book Reviews
• Family Mediation and the Role of the Lawyer
• Practice Tips
• Beethoven v. Beethoven [also cited as van Beethoven v. van Beethoven]
• Wine and Me

Volume 15, No. 2 - October/Octobre 2003

In this Issue:

• Divorce Coaching
  
• Coaching Parents Through Parenting Plans
  
• Message from the Chair
  
• Editorial
  
• Practice in the North
  
• Update on DRO Programme
  
• Case Comments
  
• Lawyers in the Mediation Process
  
• Wedding Bells Are Ringing for Some
  
• 71% of Family Law Section Are Outside Tornto
  
• Jewish Child and Family Service Programmes on the Changing Family
  
• Cambridge Lectures
  
• Wine
  

Volume 15, No. 1 - August/Aout 2003

In this Issue:

• 12 Minutes Blast - June 10th, 2003
  
• Message from the Chair
  
• Editorial
  
• Pensions Issues on Marriage Breakdown
  
• The Family Law Rules Come to the "Big Court" in Essex County
  
• Miglin v. Miglin, April 17, 2003 S.C.C.
  
• Section Members Have Fun - June 10, 2003
  
• Restaurant Reviews
  

Volume 14, No. 5 - March/Mars 2003

In this Issue:

• Technology and the Family Law Lawyer
  
• Message from the Chair
  
• Editorial
  
• Letters to the Editor
  
• Collaborative Family Law: Our Experience So Far
  
• Contino v. Leonelli-Contino
• Refugee or Child Abductor - A Matter of Perspective
  
• Collaborative Family Law: A Fresh Approach to Resolution
  
• Legal Aid Update
  
• Bencher Elections
  
• Restaurant Review
  

Volume 14, No. 4 - January/Janvier 2003

In this Issue:

• The Green Book
  
• Message from the Chair
  
• Editorial on Walsh v. Bona
• Legal Aid Coalition prepares for next stage
  
• The Five Most Common Mistakes Family Lawyers Make in "Domestic Crime" Cases
  
• Initial Thoughts
  
• Rules Update
  
• Position of the National Family Law Section and the Family Law Section of the OBA on Same Sex Marriages
  
• Restaurant Review
  

Volume 14, No. 3 - December 2002

In this Issue:

• Miglin Argued at the Surpeme Court of Canada
  
• Message from the Chair
  
• Editorial
  
• Letter to the Editor
  
• Interview with the Plaintiffs in Halpern v. Canada
• Family Information Sessions a Success
  
• Report on Meeting of National Family Law Section - November 29 & 30, 2002
  
• Call for Nominations for the OBA Award for Excellence in Family Law
  
• Book Review
  
• Restaurant Review
  

Volume 14, No. 2 - October 2002

In this Issue:

• Separation Agreement Annotated
  
• Message from the Chair
  
• Editorial
  
• Capital Property - Does It Include the Right to Receive Support?
  
• CCRA Declares its Position on Bergeron
• Family Law Rules Changes
  
• Upcoming CLE Program
  
• The Office of the Children's Lawyer
  
• The Lost Generation: The Hislop v. Canada Class Action
  
• Collaborative Law and Mediation: Expanding the Non-Adversarial Menu for Divorcing Couples
  
• Did You Know That ...
  
• Good Lunch Spots in Barrie
  

Volume 14, No. 1 - September 2002

In this Issue:

• Reflections on Family Law and the Supreme Court of Canada
  
• Editorial
  
• Report on the National Family Section Meeting, June 7 & 8, 2002
  
• Letter re. Treatment of the Matrimonial Home
  
• Personal Harassment
  
• How to Treat Capital Gains and Losses for Guideline Purposes
  
• Equitable Distribution
  
• Family Law Section Events
  
• Feedback on Collaborative Law
  
• Restaurant Review
  
• Book Reviews
  
• Upcoming Programs at JF&CS
  
• Janis's Lament
  

Volume 13, No. 6 - May 2002

In this Issue:

• Message from the Chair
  
• The Legal Aid Crisis
  
• The Treatment of the Matrimonial Home
  
• Law Society Separation Agreement Precedent
  
• Congratulations
  
• The Lost Art of Being a Lawyer
  
• Mayfield v. Mayfield
• Opposing A Spousal Support Formula and Alternatives
  
• Welcome to Family Law Shangri-la
  
• Tactics Used to Manipulate Income for Support Purposes
  
• Advancing the Litigation and the Equalization Payment
  
• Wright v. Zaver
• The Parents' Lament
  

Volume 13, No. 5 - March 2002

In this Issue:

• Remarks of the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C.
  
• Message from the Chair
  
• Editorial
  
• Principles of Civility
  
• Protecting Children from Domestic Violence
  
• Section 112 of CJA
  
• Should there be Mandatory Mediation in Family Law?
  
• Collaborative Law
  
• A Note on the New Costs Rules and Grid
  
• Recipe
  
• Upcomming Programs
  

Volume 13, No. 4 - January 2002

In this Issue:

• OBA Conducts Survey of the Family Law Bar as to the Miglin Decision
  
• Editorial
  
• Message from the Chair
  
• A New Years Reflection
  
• Letter re. Miglin Decision
  
• What's Your Type
  
• Whose Life is it Anyway?
  
• Hot Tips for Lawyers
  
• OBA Takes Action on Legal Aid Tariff
  
• Upcomming Programs
  
• Recipe
  

Volume 13, No. 3 - November 2001

In this Issue:

• Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case
  
• The Ontario Court of Appeal Decision in Miglin v. Miglin
• Message from the Chair
  
• Editorial
  
• Child Access - Facilitation
  
• Collaborative Law
  
• Ethical and Practice Management Information for Family Law Laywers
  
• Report on Meeting of National Family Law Section, Vancouver, October 12-13, 2001
  
• Family Information Sessions Having an Impact
  
• Stressbusters Sanity Savers and Practical Tips
  
• An Evening of Tribute to the late Al Weisbrot, Q.C.
  
• Recipe

Volume 13, No. 2 - October 2001

In this Issue:

• The Bath 2001 World Congress
  
• Editorial
  
• Message from the Chair
  
• National Family Law Section Proposes Changes to the Divorce Act
  
• A Profile of the Ontario Family Bar
  
• Brahm Siegel's Guide to Toronto Area Family Law Courts
  
• The Facade of Familiar Recognition: The Persistance of Discrimination Against Same-Sex Families
• Case Comment
• Recipe

Volume 13, No. 1 - September 2001

In this Issue:

• Justice Main Retires from Toronto's Ontario Court of Justice
  
• Editorial
  
• Message from the Chair
  
• End of Term Fundraiser Dinner
  
• The Intersection of Family Law and Estates: Issues for Same-Sex Spouses
  
• Proper Settlement of Equalization Amount With Before Tax Assets
  
• Demystifying Stock Option Valuation
• Come and get it
• Recipe

Volume 12, No. 8 - May 2001

In this Issue:

• Is the Doctrine of Constructive Trust Dead or Alive in Family Law?
  
• Message from the Chair • The Tapestry of our Lives
  
• Miglin v. Miglin — What does it mean?
  
• Miglin v. Miglin — The death of private ordering?
  
• Some Practical Thoughts on Life Insurance
  
• Arbitration Order Set Aside
  
• Recipe