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.

Joint custody means that both parents must agree on major decisions that affect their child.

The Court could order a step-parent to pay an amount of child support that is different from the Guideline amount if...

Quite frequently friends and or family members purchase a home together. In the event they do so a co-ownership agreement is an important...

The Family Law Act provides that when calculating net family property a spouse may deduct the value of certain assets owned on the...

Legal fees paid by the payor spouse, whether on account of child or spousal support, are not deductible.

These are payments made by one spouse to the other (the recipient) for the support of the recipient or children...

Since the inception of the Family Law Rules, motions prior to a Case Conference are the exception...

Section 5(6) of the Family Law Act states...

The Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL) is an independent law office operating within the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario...

A home is invariably the most expensive purchase a person will ever make. Unfortunately, many purchasers, after they move...

Sections 4 and 5 of are the key property provisions of the Family Law Act. In short, the first step in resolving the property issues...

Nuisance is a common law tort. Nuisance focuses on the effects of certain activities on neighbouring property owners...