Proper valuations are essential to dividing property and calculating equalization payments in Ontario. Mistakes that result in undervaluing or overvaluing property can create significant financial and legal headaches. As such, it is crucial to avoid them, including...
Protecting your child's rights to spend time with you and making decisions for them is vital from the 'get go' in family law cases. Unfortunately, the process can be complicated and contentious if parents disagree on parenting responsibilities and time sharing. Rest...
Mediating a divorce is generally faster, less expensive are more cooperative than taking a case to court. It also allows divorcing spouses to maintain more control over the outcome. This can all happen with the help and guidance of a trained mediator. But what,...
When someone becomes a parent, their child becomes the center of their world. Parents make decisions and shift their priorities to ensure their child is safe and happy. These behaviors should not change when parents split up. Thus, having a child-centered divorce or...
Whatever your family law legal dispute may be, there is a reasonable likelihood that you can resolve it without having to go to court. Avoiding litigation has numerous benefits, but broadly, it is frequently easier, faster, less expensive, less conflict promoting and...
The holidays can be stressful after divorce or separation, particularly as we continue to battle COVID-related obstacles and challenges. If you are recently divorced or separated, there are some unique COVID-specific challenges you might anticipate in the coming...
Where a parent alienates a child from another parent - this can cause significant long term trauma for that child (let alone for the targeted parent). As we have discussed in other posts, like this one on parental alienation and this one on the impact of divorce on...
You had a child with someone - you were married, you lived together, you just dated. But you do share a child with your former spouse, lover, friend. Chances are high that there will arise disagreements regarding parenting time and decision making (custody) matters....
Divorce is often portrayed as a bitter, dragged out battle that pits people against each other and ends with a loser and a winner. But while the process may not be enjoyable, it does not have to look like this. There are alternative methods of dispute...
The Basic Obligation: The most basic obligation in family law dispute resolution is the legal requirement to comprehensively disclose financial information. If a financial claim is being made (child support, spousal support, or division of property) you must disclose...
