FAMILY LAW BLOG

If you and your spouse were married, but you are not yet divorced and you do not have a separation agreement or divorce order, then the answer is yes. Your spouse is allowed to keep coming…

Under section 2(1) of the Child Support Guidelines, the biological parent of a child always pays the full table amount of child support (unless the child is adopted or the parent passes the undue hardship test). A…

Family mediation is an excellent way to resolve the legal issues that come up after separation. It avoids the stress, acrimony and high costs of going to Family Court. Mediation can also allow separated spouses to…

Orders for spousal support that are “indefinite” are subject to a review and possibly a change when there is a “material change in circumstances.” That means support can be reduced or ended when there is a…

It is certainly a sad situation when a parent of a child does not even take enough interest in parenting to respond to your claim for custody of the child. It certainly sounds like that parent does…

Before the pension beneficiary retires, the pension is divided as property, and that can reduce the amount of support you receive. However, once the pension beneficiary retires, the pension is no longer property and is treated as…

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,…

“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…