Our Child Has Come to Live with Me, How Do I Stop My Child Support Payments to My Ex? Child support payments are based on where I child actually lives, not where a Court Order or Separation Agreement says that…
Family Law is all about changing family dynamics. Families do not stop changing just because a court makes a Final Order. Parenting arrangements and child support are particularly prone to changes because childrenâs lives change as they get older and child support…
Ontario Family Court Judges generally have a very dim impression of parents, mothers or fathers, who deny their children the opportunity to have a relationship with both parents. Section 16(10) of the Divorce Act requires that judges give children of married parents…
Under Ontario’s current Family Law Legislation, pets, of any sort, are not treated like children. They are, for all purposes of law, âproperty,” like furniture or cars or bank accounts. So, judges do not decide things on the basis of the “best interests…
Child support does not end at age 18 for children who are unable to become financially independent because they are disabled or are in full-time school. While it may be appropriate for child support to change in those circumstances, it is not up to…
Family Law questions about spousal support are never quick to answer. Neither are questions about stock options in the family law context. Your question does raise a number of important issues surrounding spousal support that people often misunderstand. (Getting spousal support law wrong…
After separation, many spouses want their âexesâ to live up to their obligations before getting a divorce. To understand why that matters, it is important to understand what âdivorce” means (which is more fully explained in this podcast). But to summarize, all the âdivorceâ means is that a person…
Disney World is a frequent source of conflict after separation, and the subject of many Family Court motions, perhaps because the non-travelling parent is jealous or fears that the trip could give the travelling parent an advantage in having a…
When a child has one or two (or more) primary parents after separation, the (or each) primary parent needs permission from the ex to move any significant distance away. This is because the move will interfere with the ability of the…
Millions of people were startled late last night when the emergency tones went off for the Amber Alert for Riya Rajkumar, only to learn, minutes later, that she had been found, but not safe. Riya did not return from an âaccess visitâ…