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Written by: Kevin Heinrichs (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: February 6, 2015
In June, 2014, I wrote in this blog about the shameful and illogical clawback of child maintenance monies by the BC government from single parents on social assistance. Since then and until yesterday, there has been precious little in the [...read full post]
Categorized: Child Support, Commentary, Family Law.
Written by: Kevin Heinrichs (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: February 4, 2015
A recent case, J.Z. v. L.H.C. 2015 BCSC 97, presented an unusual attempt to use the Family Law Act towards purposes that were almost certainly beyond the intention of the drafters of the act. In that case, the mother [...read full post]
Categorized: Case Analysis, Custody and Access, Family Law, Legislation Analysis, Mobility.
Written by: Kevin Heinrichs (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: January 22, 2015
Several of our recent posts have involved the new case law that has been coming out under the Family Law Act. The Family Law Act came into force in March 2013 and has significantly altered how property division functions [...read full post]
Categorized: Family Law, Property Division.
Written by: Kevin Heinrichs (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: November 25, 2014
Even for a Toronto family lawyer, dealing with the court registry is often the hardest part of being involved in a family law dispute. This is because the Ontario Family Court Rules are convoluted and often confusing, and because the [...read full post]
Categorized: Family Law.
Written by: Kevin Heinrichs (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: November 13, 2014
The Supreme Court of British Columbia just released a fascinating decision regarding the effect of alcoholism on a payor parent’s maintenance obligations. The case, B.F. v. J.F., 2014 BCSC 1892, dealt with the child support obligations of a man, B.F., [...read full post]
Categorized: Family Law.