by Shirley Levitan | Dec 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Custody battles might get more complicated, if such a thing is possible, thanks to what the Canadian government wants to do to religion. They don’t intend to do anything to religion itself, of course, but section 1(7) of their proposed Bill C-78 amendments to...
by Shirley Levitan | Nov 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Blowing up your wedding dress when your divorce is finalized raises several interesting questions. Would Collaborative Law have been a better option? What does it say about the issue of blame? And what does it say about the tailoring of the dress itself? Starting with...
by Shirley Levitan | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized
What should we do with a dog from a broken home? Under the law, the answer has traditionally been quite simple: dogs and other pets are property, in the same category as silverware and automobiles. A dog’s best interests after divorce do not come into play — the...
by Shirley Levitan | Oct 4, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized
If it’s best for kids to spend approximately equal time with each parent after divorce, then why is the “Disney Dad” schedule — every other weekend and perhaps a mid-week overnight — still being officially recommended in the U.S. court system? This...
by Jon_MacMull_Admin | Dec 22, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
On January 2, 2017, a new parentage law will come into effect in Ontario. Known as Bill 28: All Families Are Equal Act, it is an amendment to the province’s Children’s Law Reform Act. There are many new exciting changes as a result, including the following: A...
by Jon_MacMull_Admin | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
If you poke at a human embryo, will it say something? Will it at least wriggle uncomfortably? Can it somehow give a lawyer instructions, perhaps through gesture? The answer, as far as science knows, is no. So if an embryo launches a lawsuit to, say, prevent itself...
