IVF puppies

A female beagle wanted to have a puppy but she couldn’t, so she went to her veterinarian and asked whether there’s such a thing as fertility treatments for dogs. Yes there is! The first statement is false, of course, but the second one isn’t —...

More access to IVF treatment

Starting next month, Ontario will expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF treatment) by lifting the old requirement that only women with blocked fallopian tubes could get the procedure. All forms of infertility will now be eligible. According to a government...

Court is not a playground

(note: this blog is NOT legal advice) Family court suffers from a nasty problem: it’s very hard to stop unreasonable people — even crazed people — from taking their unfounded grievances before a judge, losing spectacularly every time, then coming...

Amicable divorce is possible

(note: this blog is NOT legal advice) A sure way to make a separation painful and bitter is to have a court battle. True, there are some hard cases that need to be decided by a judge. But many don’t, especially in today’s environment where there are...

No escape from child support?

(note: this blog is NOT legal advice) On the theme of “you can run but you can’t hide,” a sad and bizarre case has hit the Ontario courts. The saga started about a decade-and-a-half ago when a Toronto man and woman had a fling and produced a love...

Embryo fights: forced procreation?

(note: this blog is NOT legal advice) *update — see blog re: court decision Here’s a sticky problem: imagine a woman combines her eggs with her husband’s sperm to make embryos, which are now in storage and ready to go. Then they divorce. She is now...