by Shirley Levitan | Apr 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Right now, families need more cooperation and less litigation.” So said Justice Alex Pazaratz of the Ontario Superior Court in his recent ruling Ribeiro v Wright, where he refused to hear a mother’s urgent motion to suspend a nine-year-old’s...
by Shirley Levitan | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a lot of stress and anxiety, but luckily there are coping strategies that have been proven to work. Many organizations offer online resources, such as the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), the Canadian Fertility...
by Shirley Levitan | Mar 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Badmouthing your ex is a bad strategy for all kinds of reasons: very stressful on your children, hurts your chances of settling out of court, and frankly, it hurts with the judges if you end up in court. An extreme, spectacular illustration of this principle may be...
by Shirley Levitan | Jan 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sometimes the law seems cruel. A good example is a recent case where a wife lost her fight to use sperm from her dead husband. The couple already had one young child, and by all accounts they both wanted more. However, the husband died “suddenly and...
by Shirley Levitan | Dec 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Jessica used her eggs, and Timothy used his sperm, to create embryos. One of them was implanted into Jessica, and a child resulted. The remaining embryos were frozen. Then the couple divorced. They had signed a contract saying that if they divorced, the remaining...
by Shirley Levitan | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you want to make sure there is estate litigation by your ex after you pass away, here are two excellent methods: 1. Get life insurance for, say, $1 million, which would cover your spousal support obligations in the event of your demise, but do not state in your...
