FAMILY LAW BLOG
The Skeleton Crew Should Transform Special Education
The Latest Stars Wars TV Series Gives Disabled Kids a Hero and Teaches Educators a Big Lesson I am an education lawyer that helps students, especially students with special challenges, successfully make their way through school…
Can Private School Students Avoid Vaccination?
The Ontario Government gives private schools significant freedom to operate as they like. But, can parents who do not want their children vaccinated send their children to private school to avoid vaccines? The Legal Requirement For…
Child Abduction By Parents in Situations of Family Violence
Family law matters are often contentious. This is especially true when parenting arrangements of a child are involved. The legal process can be time-consuming and emotionally draining, and how parties handle these situations vary. Recently in…
Family Violence Challenges and the Aftermath of Sault Ste. Marie Tragedy
Over the last few years, family law legislation has been making ground-breaking changes in an attempt to take family violence more seriously. Considering recent events, it has become dramatically clear that family violence is still not dealt…
California Bans Parental Alienation Treatments
On October 13, 2023, California Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed “Piqui’s Law”, putting it into force. The law is also known as the Safe Child Act. Senator, Susan Rubio sponsored it and the California Legislature gave it…
Will a Family Court Judge Make a Kid Live With a Parent When They Don’t Get Along?
The short answer is yes. Separated parents in Family Court find that judges are very likely to make a child, even a teenager, live with a parent that child does not like. What parents need to…
Should a Spouse Leave the Home on Separation?
In the heat of a separation, leaving the home, or throwing your ex out, can seem like a good idea. But, it can have unanticipated parenting and financial consequences.
With What is Going On in Schools, Are Parents Wrong to Get an Education Lawyer To Challenge Educators’ Decisions?
On Monday of this week, a 12-year-old girl was tasered and arrested after assaulting several people at her elementary school, while a few kilometres away, at almost the same time, a 14-year-old girl stabbed another student…
What Parents Must Consider in Cases of Parental Alienation and Other Parent-Child Conflict after Separation or Divorce
Children having a strained relationship with one parent, or even refusing to spend time with one parent, is one of the biggest issues in Family Courts. It can fully occupy the court’s attention and prevent any…
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