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Your daughter’s ex should be paying child support pursuant to the Child Support Guidelines based on his income, which includes both base support and his contribution toward the children’s “special and extraordinary expenses”, which are health, education and child care…

“Refraining Orders” are court orders that the Family Responsibility Office has to wait before taking away a support payor’s driver’s licence because that payor has not paid the support that the court has ordered. Refraining Orders are governed by the Family…

Child support in shared parenting situations gets a little tricky. A lot depends on the specifics, so it would be a good idea to speak to a good family lawyer. However, this page goes over some of the general principles….

In Ontario, the Ontario Superior Court can grant divorce on one of three grounds: In order to get a divorce on any of these grounds, your spouse has to either admit the grounds (in the case of adultery, the party…

A parent who has a history of domestic violence, child abuse, drug addiction, or has caused a children’s aid society to be concerned, will have an uphill battle in getting custody of a child. Judges have specific factors that they…

When couples start out, they may not have a lot of money. So, sometimes they live in a house that is owned by one spouse’s parents. If that is a comfortable home, then the couple may continue to live there…

What happens if you had the wedding ceremony, but you didn’t get a license, or you forgot to register the marriage, or if it turns out your officiant was not qualified to marry you? Obviously, it can be very stressful…

All the term custody means is who makes important decisions for your child. Those related to educational decisions (choice of school, program), health care decisions (the child can make the decision), religion and extra-curricular activities. Since the father is not…