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“I was sent to jail over a divorce”
That’s what a family law litigant, imprisoned for contempt of court, told Law Times. The facts of the case, however, reveal that he simply refused to follow the terms of a property settlement: What...
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“The desk at her Century City office is free of clutter and empty of anything...
Entertainment Tonight on “Hollywood’s Top Divorce Lawyer,” Laura Wasser.
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Who gets the RRSPs?
The Globe and Mail on division of Registered Retirement Savings Plans following the breakdown of a marriage: While family law across Canada calls for a 50-50 split of matrimonial property, couples...
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“17 Common Mistakes To Avoid In Divorce Proceedings”
From family lawyer Sherry Donovan in the Huffington Post. I agree with all of them, and I’d add an 18th: concentrate on what’s best for the children and yourself, not what might punish your ex. I’ve...
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Mom of the year
A New York court has ordered a woman to stop posting anything online about her children: There’s not much to “like” about this woman’s Facebook habits. A mean upstate mom who cyber-bullied her...
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Crime doesn’t pay. Criminals do.
So your income went down after you were convicted of a criminal offence, and now you can’t pay child support? Too bad: When it comes to paying child support, courts won’t sympathize with parents who...
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Unrecommended legal strategies (I)
It’s bad enough when clients wear old jeans and hoodies to court. This is just a little bit worse: Heath Campbell is the leader of a pro-Nazi group called Hitler’s Order. He lives in New Jersey, and...
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The divorced parent’s worst nightmare
A Toronto woman had sole custody of her two children, but she allowed her ex-husband to use them in a trip to Europe. A few weeks later, she received a phone call from them – from Afghanistan: Zaiba...
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The divorced parent’s worst nightmare
A Toronto woman had sole custody of her two children, but she allowed her ex-husband to use them in a trip to Europe. A few weeks later, she received a phone call from them – from Afghanistan: Zaiba...
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The end of “custody” and “access”
A survey of Canadian family lawyers shows most opposed to a presumption that children should spend close to equal time with their divorced or separated parents, but overwhelming support for changing...
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His condition was updated to “alive”
1990: man mysteriously disappears without a trace. 2000: his grieving wife reluctantly has him declared legally dead, and begins collecting his pension. 2010: man reappears, claiming he had amnesia....
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The child support clawback
In several Canadian provinces (including Nova Scotia) child support payments are deducted from social assistance. A group of single mothers in British Columbia has launched a court challenge against...
View ArticlePutting the “dead” in “deadbeat”
An Indiana man who left his family, moved across the country and started a new life with a dead man’s stolen identity has been ordered to pay almost $2 million in unpaid child support: Linda Iseler...
View ArticleThe end of “custody” and “access”
Proposed changes to the federal Divorce Act will do away with these often-contentious terms, following the lead of legislation in several provinces: Bill C-78 passed first reading in the House of...
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“Lying-in expenses”
While a white-hot debate over abortion engulfs the United States and threatens to spill over into Canada, this Washington Post column by law professor Carliss Chatman purports to take the...
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COVID-19 and the courts
The courts of Nova Scotia have issued several memoranda explaining how its practices and procedures have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic: the Supreme Court is now only accepting filings...
View ArticleCo-parenting during the pandemic
It’s the question I’ve been asked more than any other since the age of social distancing began: how does this affect parenting time with my children? The answer, as reported in the Chronicle Herald:...
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