Service Area: Family Law

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Posted December 3, 2020

Collaborative Family Law: Working with a Family Relations Professional in Your Separation

Collaborative practice offers an alternative for separating spouses who want to avoid the conflict and cost of litigation in their separation. In this earlier blog,[...]

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Posted November 23, 2020

‘Tis the Season….for Christmas Access

It’s that time of the year where for most, it’s the countdown for gift shopping, baking and tree decorating, but for others, such as separated[...]

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Posted October 28, 2020

New Cases, New Motion to Change Forms

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[...]

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Posted September 21, 2020

Watch Out! Spousal Support Can Apply to Unmarried Couples Who Keep Their Own Homes

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[...]

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Estate Litigation, Family Law

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Posted September 10, 2020

Family Matters: Transitioning from Ongoing Family Law Matters to Estate Litigation

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[...]

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Posted August 25, 2020

Non-Disclosure in the Context of a Domestic Contract: Beware!

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[...]

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Posted August 10, 2020

Think Twice Before Getting Married Virtually during COVID-19

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[...]

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Posted July 31, 2020

Back to School with COVID-19

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[...]

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Posted July 9, 2020

Pick Up the Phone: The Court’s Message to High Conflict Counsel in COVID-19

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[...]