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Wednesday’s Video Clip: Top 4 points about enforcing child and spousal...
Wednesday’s Video Clip: Top 4 points about enforcing child and spousal support payments For those ex-spouses who are subject to a court order or have agreed that one of them will pay spousal or...
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Wednesday’s Video Clip: Five things you should know about common law...
Wednesday’s Video Clip: Five things you should know about common law relationships? Simply put, a common law relationship can arise any time two parties are living together without being formally...
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Should a Spouse Who Refuses to Disclose Income Be Permitted to Appeal Court’s...
Should a Spouse Who Refuses to Disclose Income Be Permitted to Appeal Court’s Best-Guess Estimate? In three different recent Appeal cases, from three different provinces, one of the spouses in a...
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Wife Fails to Comply With Terms of Order – Should Her Spousal Support be Cut...
Wife Fails to Comply With Terms of Order – Should Her Spousal Support be Cut Off? In a recent case, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice had to consider whether a wife had substantially complied with...
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Wednesday’s Video Clip: Two necessary evils – know your obligations re:...
Wednesday’s Video Clip: Two necessary evils – know your obligations re: income tax and spousal/ child support Income tax: Not a popular concept even at the best of times. But add in the obligations,...
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Husband’s Wealthy Family Slipped Him Funds “As Needed” – Spousal Support...
Husband’s Wealthy Family Slipped Him Funds “As Needed” – Spousal Support Obligation Set Accordingly The husband was a Canadian citizen and resident. In 2009 he met a woman in Iran while visiting...
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Should Wealthy Ex-Spouse Be Required to Tap into Capital to Maintain a...
Should Wealthy Ex-Spouse Be Required to Tap into Capital to Maintain a Privileged Lifestyle? In another Blog recent week, we touched upon the question of how courts will look at the “economic...
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Husband Sabotages Wife’s Job – Then Claims She is Under-Employed
Husband Sabotages Wife’s Job – Then Claims She is Under-Employed Family law litigation has a well -deserved reputation for often being unpleasant: by definition, all disputes involve conflict but the...
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The Lavish Lifestyle of the Ballerina and the Banker
The Lavish Lifestyle of the Ballerina and the Banker In Glasco v. Bilz, the couple had been living together since 2000, and had one child together. When they met, the woman was a principal dancer with...
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Did Wife’s Unforeseen Post-Separation Illnesses Override a Separation Agreement?
Did Wife’s Unforeseen Post-Separation Illnesses Override a Separation Agreement? In 2001, the parties separated after 15 years’ marriage. At that time, they entered into a separation agreement under...
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Wednesday’s Video Clip: The Need for a Support System
Wednesday’s Video Clip: The Need for a Support System In this short video Russell Alexander discusses the importance of having a support system in place when you go through a divorce. At Russell...
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Top 5 Tips for Dealing with the Family Responsibility Office
Top 5 Tips for Dealing with the Family Responsibility Office A while ago I wrote about the role of the provincial Family Responsibility Office (FRO) More About The Family Responsibility Office, Some...
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Should Support Be Extended When the Recipient Spouse Loses Their Job? In a recent case called Lawder v. Windsor, the court grappled with the issue of whether a support-paying spouse should have to pay...
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Tired of working long hours and getting stuck in traffic? Tired of working long hours and getting stuck in traffic?work exclusively on divorce law and family related matters, including custody,...
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Husband’s Decision to Return to School Full-Time was Unreasonable – Ordered...
Husband’s Decision to Return to School Full-Time was Unreasonable – Ordered to Cough Up Arrears In a recent Ontario case, the court was asked to consider two interesting claims by a husband who was...
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Did Wife’s Unforeseen Post-Separation Illnesses Override a Separation Agreement?
Did Wife’s Unforeseen Post-Separation Illnesses Override a Separation Agreement? In 2001, the parties separated after 15 years’ marriage. At that time, they entered into a separation agreement under...
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dh_Tn3nfhg?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] Wednesday’s Video Clip: The Need for a Support System In this short video Russell Alexander discusses...
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Top 5 Tips for Dealing with the Family Responsibility Office
Top 5 Tips for Dealing with the Family Responsibility Office A while ago I wrote about the role of the provincial Family Responsibility Office (FRO) More About The Family Responsibility Office, Some...
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In a recent case called Lawder v. Windsor, the court grappled with the issue of whether a support-paying spouse should have to pay for a longer period if the other spouse unexpectedly loses his or her...
View ArticleHusband’s Decision to Return to School Full-Time was Unreasonable – Ordered...
In a recent Ontario case, the court was asked to consider two interesting claims by a husband who was looking to avoid paying support arrears: 1) that he couldn’t earn more money because he was...
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