Urgent Family Law matters and Court Motions are very complicated matters of consideration for family law lawyers in Toronto and initiating a family law court motion is risky business if you don't have the requisite legal advice. Bringing a Motion for Temporary Orders...
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Moving with Children
Relocation or moving with children after Separation or divorce can be a sensitive issue given there are new amendments to family law in relation to how one separated parent may move with their children The new amendments to the Divorce Act and the Family Law Act,...
Family Law Terminology
As of March 1, 2021, Family Law legislation has made some significant amendments to family law terminology. Historically many Family Law disputes centered around the highly contested issue of which parent would have custody of a child. As of March 1, 2021, Bill 207...
Legal Aid Ontario Family Law Services
[fusion_text] Legal Aid Ontario is an Ontario government organization that provides free Legal Aid Ontario family law services to individuals that meet their eligibility and financial criteria. If the you meet Legal Aid’s eligibility criteria the you will be provided...
Retroactive Child Support and Adult Children
The topic of retroactive child support and adult children has received much judicial attention over the last year, overturning an approach before the judiciary which at times felt unfair to recipient parents whom had years of retroactive child support that...
COVID-19 – Custody Decisions Regarding Schooling
Growing COVID-19 Numbers and Family Law Decisions Regarding Schooling With the growing number of COVID-19 numbers there are some family law custody decisions to be made about schooling. At the present time the number of cases of COVID-19 in Ontario continue to reach...
School Enrollment and COVID-19
School Enrollment and COVID-19 Within the current climate of COVID-19 many parents are severely concerned about the overall future and safety of their children, and specifically sending children to school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps there has been no...
Reduced Income and Cost Consequences
This article relates to the issue of reduced income and cost consequences in the context of COVID-19. The Role of Costs in Family Law - Reduced Income and Cost Consequences The rules related to costs in family law matters are primarily governed by the Family...
Vaccines and Vaccinating a Child During COVID-19
The issue of vaccines and vaccinating a child during COVID-19 requires a lot attention during this pandemic given some number of parents oppose vaccinations, generally. Vaccinating a child has historically been held to fall under the umbrella of custodial decisions to...
Supervised Access During COVID-19
The courts for a variety of reasons may decide for a parent to initially have an order for supervised access with a child or children of a separated relationship. These reasons can include a lack of experience in caring for children, a substantial duration of time...
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