by Shirley Levitan | Jul 20, 2021 | Blog, Family Law
Thanks to the new Divorce Act, the following cross-examination will never again take place in a Canadian courtroom: LAWYER If the judge decides you can’t take the children with you, will you still move away? PARENT I guess so. It’s a great...
by Shirley Levitan | Apr 5, 2019 | Blog, Family Law
Some people are “all wrong” about money. They think, for example, that if they pay out $500 for some unexpected expense, and it turns out to be unnecessary and they get the money back, then they’ve profited by $500. Therefore they can go ahead and blow it...
by Shirley Levitan | Aug 13, 2018 | Family Law, Fertility Law
What is the price of a human embryo? It depends. In some circumstances an embryo, once birthed, can trigger liability for child support. In other circumstances, as shown by a recent ground-breaking case from Ontario, it can be reduced to the status of...
by Jon_MacMull_Admin | Apr 27, 2016 | Blog, Family Law, Uncategorized
How not to win a court case goes like this……: Stubbornly insisting that nothing is your fault, the other person is always to blame, and they are a liar but you always see and tell the truth, is a good way to lose your credibility. In a recent Ontario...
by Jon_MacMull_Admin | Mar 23, 2016 | Blog, Family Law, Uncategorized
If you think “the dog ate my homework” is a lame excuse, you should check out a recent Ontario case where the judge had to decide a not-uncommon divorce question: was the money that the parents put toward’s their son’s matrimonial home a...
by Jon_MacMull_Admin | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog, Family Law, Uncategorized
The law has a conscience, believe it or not. So if you sign a contract that’s really bad, and unfair, and just plain dumb, the law’s conscience can swoop in and save you. A bizarre case from Ontario is a good example. Perhaps the weirdest thing...
