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The world of family law peers behind closed doors and reveals the most intimate of details. Most often, courts decide issues of custody and access, spousal support and property.

Brenda Agnew, your host, is joined today by three fantastic guests Jane Malkovich, from the DNA Genetic Detective, Elaine Kicknosway, and Colleen Cardinal, ...

That deceptively simple question drove four to five days of Superior Court litigation in Ontario…all funded by Canadian taxpayers, in what hosts Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele call one of the most revealing windows into the mounting crisis of judicial resource allocation in Canada.

With the prices of everything going up, especially the costs of first-time homes, but also care, furniture and even diapers, many parents of adult children may find it necessary to help out their kids as they "get started" and ...

Two recent Ontario cases show that while retirement and early retirement may bring about significant life changes, they do not necessarily satisfy the legal definition of "material change" needed to vary a support order.

Many family law cases have parallel criminal proceedings. These proceedings may arise from events related to the family law case (domestic assaults, harassment, breach of court orders, etc.)...

The Court of Appeal in Abu-Saud v. Abu-Saud, 2020 ONCA 824 (CanLII) recently affirmed its jurisdiction to quash or dismiss an appeal due to non-compliance of a spousal support order.

Family law disputes are usually disputes between former spouses. But doubtless to the chagrin of a spouse's new partner, that new partner can sometimes be dragged to the proceedings, as the recent case of Politis v. Politis demonstrated.

What happens when a payor can pay but chooses not to do so.

Blended families are becoming more and more common as parents find new partners after the end of an earlier relationship.

Celebrating BLG's partnership with the Sheldon Kennedy Centre for Child Advocacy.

Family lawyers have available a broad array of dispute resolution options, including collaborative negotiations, mediation, arbitration, mediation/arbitration, arbitration/mediation, or litigation.

Justyna Waxman, an associate in our Family Law Group, will be a Faculty Advisor for a 10 day Osgoode Certificate program in Family Law Skills and Practice.

Separating from a spouse or partner is, without a question, a very difficult and busy time. It can seem like there are lots of things to do. But what are separated spouses legally...

The first meeting with a family law lawyer is usually a consultation. Before this meeting takes place, your lawyer will need to ensure that there is no conflict of interest.

People engaged in Family Court litigation often express enormous frustration when their former spouses breach Family Court Orders. Those breaches can mean the kids don't have a relationship...

While many are familiar with the term "pre-nuptial agreement", in BC, we also have "cohabitation agreements". These are similar agreements that are drawn...

There is no document, per se, to confirm the date of a legal separation.