As families and legal professionals alike adapt to a new, predominantly virtual court system, a new set of court forms are also making their debut for the common family law process: the Motion to [...]

Climans v. Latner, 2020 ONCA 554, recently made headlines as the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that a man owed his ex-girlfriend spousal support despite the fact that they maintained their own [...]

Situations arise where a party in ongoing family law litigation passes away before a final order is obtained from the court, or where separated spouses are negotiating their property rights and [...]

In our previous blog, Olivia Koneval outlined strategies for parents thinking about sending their children back to school in the fall. Since that time, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice [...]

As family lawyers, we are often contacted by clients who want a domestic contract negotiated, drafted and/or reviewed as quickly as possible. However, before this process can begin, there is an [...]

As we wrote about in our previous blog, Wedding Bells: Can They Ring During COVID-19?, couples are having to get creative when making wedding plans during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Unfortunately, [...]

How do you get your family law matter dealt with in these COVID-19 circumstances, where the family court’s services have been either shut down or now confronted with a serious backlog? The Ottawa [...]

Back to School with COVID-19 On Thursday, July 30th, Premier Doug Ford and the Education Minister released a plan for back-to-school for the fall. Elementary school children will return to school [...]

Two recent cases from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice demonstrate a clear message that the Court has run out of patience for aggressive litigation tactics as COVID-19 continues. Haaksma v. [...]

The federal government delayed implementing the Amendments to the Divorce Act until March 1, 2021 in response to COVID-19. However, reviewing the case law from the pandemic period indicates that [...]