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Costs in Ontario Family Law

Written by: Kevin Heinrichs (View All Posts • View Bio ) Published: June 15, 2016
Categorized: Costs, Ontario.

Costs refers to legal fees incurred in the process of litigating a family law matter. In Ontario, the Family Law Rules empowers the Court to order one party to pay some or all of the costs of another party. The [...read full post]

Spousal Support Means, Needs, and Circumstances Considerations

Written by: Kevin Heinrichs (View All Posts • View Bio ) Published: May 31, 2016
Categorized: Case Analysis, Divorce, Ontario, Spousal Support.

The recent decision of Bhatnagar v Bhatnagar, 2016 ONSC 3054 (CanLII) excellently summarizes spousal support entitlement, quantum, and award basics, while also highlighting retroactive support considerations and the meaning of self-sufficiency in a long marriage.

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Recent BC Court Form Amendments: Disclosure in Litigation Confidential As Between Parties

Written by: Virginia Richards (View All Posts • View Bio ) Published: April 21, 2016
Categorized: British Columbia, Legislation Analysis, Procedure.

On February 18, 2016, the British Columbia Supreme Court announced a January 28, 2016 Order in Counsel making amendments to the Supreme Court Family Rules effective July 1, 2016.  Notable among the amendments are changes to Form 20 and Form [...read full post]

Nasty Doesn’t Work in Family Court

Written by: Virginia Richards (View All Posts • View Bio ) Published: April 14, 2016
Categorized: Family Court, Uncategorised.

Intimate partners are expert in knowing how to push each other’s pain points, and when a separation turns into a legal action, it can be difficult to resist the urge to provide evidence of every embarrassing fact or salacious detail [...read full post]

The Proof of Abuse – The Role of Recording

Written by: Virginia Richards (View All Posts • View Bio ) Published: March 22, 2016
Categorized: British Columbia, Parenting, Violence.

One of the most difficult challenges survivors of abuse in custody and guardianship cases face is proving to the judge that they have been abused.  Abuse survivors are often faced with the risk of being found to be exaggerating or [...read full post]