Matrimonial Affairs

Family law attorneys are among those most likely to encounter clients with personality disorders, because having a personality disorder increases the probability of a failed marriage and decreases the probability of informally reaching an amicable divorce settlement.

The Ontario Court of Appeal released many informative decisions within the context of family law in 2012. Some of the topics include: Torts, Security for Costs, Jurisdiction, Routes of Appeal and Joint Tenancy vs. Tenancy in Common.

From online poker websites, to multimillion-dollar lotto jackpots, to strategically designed casinos enticing people to sit (and spend) for hours, opportunities to gamble are widespread.

When a relationship ends, and the parties are negotiating how to untangle their financial lives, benefits under the Canada Pension Plan are often not given sufficient attention.

,em>Hansen Estate v. Hansen(2012, Ont. C.A.) – Severing Joint Tenancy by Conduct It is accepted in the jurisprudence that there are three ways to sever a joint tenancy...

Some of what's going on in or related to family law.

Keeping your staff and yourself safe.

In a new twist to the exciting series aimed at travelling gourmand family lawyers, I would like to focus on a single hidden culinary gem in close proximity to the Superior Court of Justice in Kitchener at 20 Weber Street East.

We have asked Jeffery to lend his work as editor of the Ontario Family Law REPORTER and On Children and the Law to highlight a case each month.

Can a family home escape the designation of “matrimonial home” under s. 18 of the Family Law Act, with all the implications that flow from that, simply because it is held through the structure of a trust?