There is evidence that domestic violence is on the rise during the COVID-19 as a result of public health recommendations for individuals to quarantine and isolate, and as such, the domestic violence resources that are ordinarily available to individuals that...
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How to Sign off on a Will During Covid-19
During the last few weeks our Toronto Wills Lawyers have had a large number of inquiries from many front-line workers and essential business operators and employees about drafting Last Will and Testaments and Powers of Attorney for Personal Care. Many of these...
COVID-19 Family Law Blog Series: Self-Isolation, Quarantine and the Maximum Contact Principle
Self-isolation, quarantine and parental bonds Throughout Ontario, most, if not all families are in some way doing their part to self-isolate in order to “stem the curve” of the COVID-19 virus. Parents at this time are doing their very best to ensure their...
COVID-19 Family Law Blog Series: Essential Service Workers and Parenting Time During COVID-19
Family Law in a state of transformation Each day the landscape of family law appears to be in a continual state of change as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Many parents are seeking parenting time during COVID-19 and legal advice from us at this time, to...
COVID-19 Blog Series: Preserving “In-Person” Parenting Time during COVID-19
Existing Parenting Arrangements and the Impact of COVID-19 At the present time most Canadian’s are highly familiar with the concept of social distancing and self-isolation during the present COVID-19 crisis. One of the biggest current issues facing many parents within...
COVID-19 Blog Series: Courts Find Urgency Where Non-Primary Caregiver Unilaterally Alters Parenting Arrangements
Jackson v Doyle – Ontario Superior Court of Justice - March 20, 2020 Our firm received information on a case heard in Ontario at the Superior Court of Justice on March 20, 2020. In this case the father of the children returned from Brazil on March 13, 2020 and...
COVID-19 Blog Series: Suspension of, and Changes to Court Ordered Parenting Plans or Access
Our law firm staff have decided to put together a COVID-19 Family Law Blog Series together and to provide you with updates on what changes the Toronto Family Law courts are implementing during COVID-19. This post is useful to parents who are considering varying a...
Pro Bono Students Canada – Family Law – Free Drop-In Education Workshop
As a volunteer of Pro Bono Students Canada, I have been supervising University of Toronto Law Students (L1) in preparing a community presentation and free drop-in education workshop, related to various issues in family law such as divorce, separation, custody, child...
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