Matrimonial Affairs

This is a revised version of a paper co-authored by Robin McDonald, Marvin Kurz and Charlotte Murray for use in the intensive child protection training program held in October 2010.

There can be little doubt that the introduction and acceptance of the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines has had a dramatic impact on spousal support...

Interesting (or not) places to eat written by someone who really has no business telling you about restaurants near courthouses (or anywhere else, for that matter).

Here is some of what’s going on in or related to family law…

Whether you have an adequate retainer in trust, you get paid after each account, or you expect payment at the end of your case, the law grants clients the right to have a lawyer’s accounts assessed. The process has been made very simple for the lay person...

You have no independent authority to make decisions concerning your health. Those decisions are to be made by your husband. You have no right to access to a mobile phone, nor any internet access to third parties, except as authorized by your husband.

Family law attorneys are among those most likely to encounter clients with personality disorders, because having a personality disorder increases the probability of a failed marriage and decreases the probability of informally reaching an amicable divorce settlement.

The Ontario Court of Appeal released many informative decisions within the context of family law in 2012. Some of the topics include: Torts, Security for Costs, Jurisdiction, Routes of Appeal and Joint Tenancy vs. Tenancy in Common.

From online poker websites, to multimillion-dollar lotto jackpots, to strategically designed casinos enticing people to sit (and spend) for hours, opportunities to gamble are widespread.

When a relationship ends, and the parties are negotiating how to untangle their financial lives, benefits under the Canada Pension Plan are often not given sufficient attention.