A civil lawsuit is a court proceeding involving a legal dispute between two or more parties. A civil claim is solvable ...

Blended families have become quite common in Canada in recent years. In fact, stepparent families now represent 12.6 percent of all...

Dealing with a divorce can be difficult and stressful, especially when you are not on good terms with your spouse...

Allowing a builder to work on your home is a huge extension of trust. When a builder breaches your contract or does shoddy work ...

Common-law relationships may be common, but how do you know if you are you in one? Learn how to know if you are in a common-law ...

Quantum meruit is a Latin phrase meaning "what one has earned." Black’s Law Dictionary says it means, "as much as he deserved"...

Rule 30.1.01(1) of the Rules of Civil Procedure states that all parties and their lawyers are deemed to undertake not to use evidence...

A shared parenting arrangement may trigger an analysis under section 9 of the Child Support Guidelines.

A garnishment is a legal process whereby a creditor requires a third party to turn over to the creditor a debtor’s wages or bank...

When you have a money judgment and the debtor refuses to pay, you may be able to recover the debt by putting a “lien” on his or her land...

A financial statement is a sworn document used in family law proceedings to reveal a party’s financial status.

When a contract for the sale of land fails to close because of the default of one of the parties an award of damages is made to put...

Tort actions for spousal violence have become more commonplace in Canada during the past 30 years, at least in part because...

The leading case on mobility rights is the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Gordon v. Goertz.

Not infrequently someone will call with a complaint about his neighbour. The answer is invariably...

As discussed in earlier blogs, ordinarily when determining a party’s net family property a spouse is entitled to exclude assets acquired...

An Ontario governmental office known as the Family Responsibility Office (the FRO) can enforce support payments.

What happens when only one spouse owns the matrimonial home?

Rule 57 of the Rules of Civil Procedure set forth the factors to be considered by the Court in exercising its discretion under the...

Support payments are amounts paid to a spouse, a former spouse or the natural parent of the payor’s child.