Reconciliation Counseling Takes Two

Sometimes couples find themselves on two different sides of what seems like an impossible divide. Their relationship may be fractured from past transgressions, suffer from the resentment held by one or both parties or they may have two completely different viewpoints about their current situation. Reconciliation Counseling In many of these cases, they enter into reconciliation counseling as a...

How to Deal with Divorce Cases

Once one or both of the parties in a relationship decide that separating is the best way forward, various other issues will have to be settled. First if this is the decision of only one party then obviously there is a need to inform the other. Kids too will have to be made aware. The next step is to come up with a solution regarding who will take care of the children. There is also the issue...

What Should a Child Call a Stepparent?

Separated parents face a number of challenges when they decide to start another relationship. One of those challenges is deciding what the child should call the stepparent. The name that a child calls his or her stepparent can set the stage for either a loving relationship or endless battle. The relationship between the natural parents is one of the factors that should determine what the child...

Child Support under the Family Law Act

Section 31 of the Family Law Act provides that “every parent has an obligation to provide support for his/her unmarried child who is a minor or is enrolled in a full time program of education…the obligation does not extend to a child who is 16 years of age and older and has withdrawn from parental control”. Although the Act states that a child must be enrolled in a...

Social Media and Family Law

It important to recognize that online information can greatly assist your matter (gathering evidence etc.), but it can also be used against you. You must remember the following **:   1. Although there are privacy settings on social media sites, there are no real secrets on these sites.  It is important to limit the information on the site and to increase your privacy settings; 2. Some...

How Is A Business Valued In A Divorce?

A business is an asset that must be valued in order to determine a party’s net family property.  A business will be valued based on the “fair market value” of the business.  The buyer and the seller are assumed to be hypothetical and the transaction is assumed to take place under normal conditions.  The determination of “fair market value” of a business is...

Be careful of how you obtain information/documentation from your spouse!!!!

The Ontario Court of Appeal has recently recognized a new cause of action dealing with invasion of privacy.  The tort is called “intrusion upon seclusion”.  In order to be successful a claimant must show the following: (more…)

Property Division and Bankruptcy

The recent Supreme Court of Canada decision of Schreyer v. Schreyer has confirmed that when it comes to the division of a former Husband and Wife’s property, the relationship between the spouses is only a “debtor-creditor relationship”. (more…)