Parenting
Parental Alienation in Ontario: What Parents Need to Know
Understanding why a child may resist contact after separation, how Ontario courts assess the evidence, and why safety and the child’s experiences matter.
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Separation & court
Case Conferences: A Simple Guide
What a case conference involves and how to prepare for the conversation.
Parenting
Assessing a Child's Preference
Understanding the role of the Office of the Children’s Lawyer and a child’s views in family proceedings.
Agreements
Setting Aside a Prenup in Ontario? Here’s What You Need to Know
A closer look at challenges to marriage contracts and cohabitation agreements.
Agreements
Prenups, Marriage Contracts & Cohabitation Agreements
Explore marriage contracts and cohabitation agreements in Ontario, including financial expectations, their limits and questions before signing.
Money & property
Hidden Incomes & Divorces: What ‘Imputing Income’ Means
What it means to assess income when the full financial picture is disputed.
Money & property
Enforcing Orders for Payment in Family Law
Explore Ontario family-law payment enforcement, including the Family Responsibility Office, private enforcement options and missed payments.
Parenting
How to Challenge an Assessment Report in Family Law
Questions to consider when an assessment report is part of a parenting dispute.
Parenting
DNA Testing in Family Law—What You Need to Know
How questions of parentage and DNA testing can arise in family proceedings.
Separation & court
What Happens to the Original Order When Family Court Changes it?
Exploring how changes to family court orders interact with earlier obligations.
Parenting
Child Travel - What to Do When the Other Parent Won’t Consent?
Explore travel-consent disputes between separated parents, court applications, and the child’s best interests when planning a trip outside Canada.
Agreements
Why Your "Perfect" Separation Agreement Might Not Be Final
Explore a court challenge to a separation agreement and the questions it raises about spousal support, financial hardship and drafting agreements.
Parenting
Parenting Time: A Crucial Factor for Child Wellbeing
Looking at parenting arrangements through the lens of a child’s wellbeing.
Parenting
A Balancing Act: Parental and Grandparents' Rights
Explore grandparents’ relationships with children after separation, parental decision-making, and questions to discuss with an Ontario family lawyer.
Money & property
Money: The Elephant in the Room
The challenges that financial differences can bring to family law disputes.
Money & property
Co-Parenting and Child Support: What You Need to Know
An introduction to child support in Ontario, including income, parenting arrangements, special expenses and changes after parents separate.
Parenting
The Child's Best Interest
Explore the child’s best interests in Ontario family law, including parenting decisions, family circumstances and considerations discussed in court.
Separation & court
Urgent Motions: What are they?
An introduction to urgent motions in Ontario family law, including temporary orders, evidence and situations where immediate court help is sought.
Agreements
Having a Plan: Separation Agreements
A closer look at separation agreements and the decisions they can address.
Separation & court
The Ahluwalia Case and the Issue of Intimate Partner Violence
An archived discussion of Ahluwalia and the impact of intimate partner violence.
Separation & court
Contemplating a Split? Here's What to Expect:
Preparing for a first family-law consultation in Ontario: explore what to bring, questions to consider and practical steps when contemplating separation.
Money & property
Divorces: HNWIs
The financial and property questions that accompany a separation involving significant assets.
Money & property
How Are Digital Assets Considered?
Digital assets bring new questions to financial disclosure and property division.
Agreements
What to Notarize: Guidelines
Understanding the difference between notarizing and commissioning documents.
Money & property
Spousal Support: A Guide
An introduction to the financial questions surrounding spousal support.
Parenting
Co-Parenting Communication Tools
Practical tools for sharing schedules, expenses, and decisions between households.
Separation & court
Is Mediation Right for You?
Explore family mediation, how it works and factors to consider when deciding whether it fits your separation or parenting dispute.
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