Articles 2022

Here’s what’s been going on in family law...

Andrew Sudano recaps the findings of a recent survey among Canadian family lawyers and judges regarding the presumption of shared parenting and considers how it may affect the approach of counsel when resolving custody and access disputes.

Here’s what’s been going on in family law...

This is a decision of Justice Simmons of the Ontario Court of Appeal that considers the enforcement of orders dealing with s.7 expenses and insurance policies. Simmons J. dismisses the wife’s appeal and upholds the motion judge’s dismissal of the wife’s motions for a finding of contempt and enforcement of the Order.

Let’s polish up our profession and raise, not lower, our standards. Maybe, just maybe, we can learn from the example of some nine-year-old soccer kids.