O.F.L.M. 2024-12 PDF
- Dec 31 Security for costs – when, why and how much Amruta Ponkshe
- Dec 31 Court-ordered alcohol monitoring during parenting time Samantha Rich
- Dec 31 Criminal charges: Not always a decisive blow for exclusive possession of the matrimonial home Roxanna Cian
O.F.L.M. 2024-11 PDF
- Nov 29 Auer v. Auer: What the Supreme Court had to say in upholding the Federal Child Support Guidelines Roxanna Cian
- Nov 29 A “clean break”? Not so fast: lump sum payments for prospective child support Oriana Visser
- Nov 29 Private School vs. Public School: the court’s default position is clear Samantha Rich
- Nov 29 Colucci v. Colucci - retroactively decreasing child support and recent decisions Jessica Melchiorre
O.F.L.M. 2024-10 PDF
- Oct 23 Bridging the distance: long-distance and remote parenting Samantha Rich
- Oct 23 Surviving spouses and elections under the Family Law Act Christina Hinds
- Oct 23 Does a child’s resistance of parenting time absolve a parent’s obligation towards a parenting order? Roxanna Cian
O.F.L.M. 2024-09 PDF
- Sep 19 Common law spouses and exclusive possession: still an ‘open question’? Oriana Visser
- Sep 19 The path to independence: self-sufficiency in the modern world Roxanna Cian
O.F.L.M. 2024-08 PDF
- Aug 20 Interim Orders for Preservation: A Brief Reminder of the Law David Tobin
- Aug 20 Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act: Setting aside and confirming foreign support orders Christina Hinds
- Aug 20 Seeking an order disposing of the other party’s consent to travel? A “Hague Country” is not necessarily enough to dispel concerns Lesley Singer
O.F.L.M. 2024-07 PDF
- Jul 29 Mind the gap: Implications of the “gap year” on child support Christina Hinds
- Jul 29 When bringing a motion to enforce a purported settlement, don’t forget to check the jurisdiction Amruta Ponkshe
- Jul 29 Paws and Effect: How the courts determine ownership of the family pet Samantha Rich
- Jul 29 The Double-Dipping Dilemma: When Will Courts Permit Double-Dipping? An Examination of post-Boston Case Law Lesley Singer
O.F.L.M. 2024-06 PDF
- Jun 30 Communication is key: Justice Chappel’s decisions on decision-making Amruta Ponkshe
- Jun 30 Contempt and Consequences: When a court order is breached, is a contempt remedy the best option? Samantha Rich
- Jun 30 “There are medical records, and then there are medical records”: Requesting disclosure relevant to a parent’s mental health Ainsley Doell
- Jun 30 Imputing income for underutilized assets: When should a spouse be required to exercise or sell stock options for support purposes? Lesley Singer
O.F.L.M. 2024-05 PDF
- May 28 Words lawyers do not want to hear at an uncontested trial: “Why? On whatevidence?” Christina Hinds
- May 28 Financial disclosure – seeking a balance between too much and too little Amruta Ponkshe
- May 28 Caught on camera: discouraging surreptitious recordings Samantha Rich
- May 28 Crafting persuasive parenting plans using the AFCC-O Guidelines Ainsley Doell
- May 28 Getting in, getting out: when is an order for supervised parenting time appropriate? Lesley Singer
O.F.L.M. 2024-04 PDF
- Apr 26 When requesting financial disclosure, keep relevance and proportionality in mind David Frenkel
- Apr 26 Offers to settle: looking beyond subrule 18(14) of the Family Law Rules Christina Hinds
- Apr 26 Maintaining the status quo: legal principles when attempting to make changes on an interim basis Samantha Rich
- Apr 26 Calculating fairness: determining entitlement to occupation rent Ainsley Doell
O.F.L.M. 2024-03 PDF
- Mar 19 Adjourning a trial: The “balancing act” in Angle v. Angle Christina Hinds
- Mar 19 Costs, penalties, fines: What is the difference? Amruta Ponkshe
- Mar 19 Patel v. Patel: The legal framework of setting aside orders made on consent Samantha Rich
- Mar 19 Applying the law of resulting trust to matrimonial homes Ainsley Doell
O.F.L.M. 2024-02 PDF
- Feb 19 Clients setting aside separation agreements: a recent decision and important principles David Frenkel
- Feb 19 Penalty hearings in contempt proceedings: A review of the applicable principles Christina Hinds
- Feb 19 Sale of a Matrimonial Home – the Partition Act versus the Family Law Act Amruta Ponkshe
- Feb 19 Looking to change your child’s name? You will need more than a temporary order for decision-making Ainsley Doell
O.F.L.M. 2024-01 PDF
- Jan 31 How do we define time in the Divorce Act? “Substantially equal” and “vast majority”, do they have any meaning? David Tobin
- Jan 31 What’s mine is.... mine: Surreptitiously obtained documents in family law proceedings Christina Hinds
- Jan 31 The costs of withdrawing a case Amruta Ponkshe
- Jan 31 To move or not to move to Alberta – a summary judgment Samantha Rich
- Jan 31 “Leveling the playing field” with interim disbursements Ainsley Doell
O.F.L.M. 2023-12 PDF
- Dec 15 Planning to claim a section 7 expense? Remember to review the principles David Frenkel & Samantha Rich
- Dec 15 Ignorance isn’t bliss: A story of a failure to read a marriage contract Christina Hinds
- Dec 15 Unequal property division for short marriages Amruta Ponkshe & David Frenkel
- Dec 15 Gift or loan: how your money is characterized matters Ainsley Doell
O.F.L.M. 2023-11 PDF
- Nov 3 The non-depletion order: A helpful tool to protect future payments David Frenkel
- Nov 3 Varying a temporary parenting order? Very hard and very rare. David Tobin
- Nov 3 Qualifying expert witnesses and family law business valuations Christina Hinds
- Nov 3 Are you seeking unequal division of NFP? Try shocking the court’s conscience! Amruta Ponkshe
- Nov 3 The best interests of the child: Lessons in co-parenting and shielding children from conflict Samantha Rich
- Nov 3 Y.H.P. v. J.N.: A recent response to an extreme “campaign” of parental alienation Ainsley Doell
O.F.L.M. 2023-10 PDF
- Oct 13 Long live rough justice: the wild west of interim spousal support motions David Frenkel
- Oct 13 Section 33(10) of the Family Law Act: when is spousal conduct relevant to support? David Tobin
- Oct 13 Consolidation of family and civil proceedings: a review of the test and recent decision of Alsous v. Shahin Christina Hinds
- Oct 13 Unjust Enrichment and Joint Family Venture: Just tools for common-law property division Amruta Ponkshe
- Oct 13 Relocating with children: the best interests of the child requirement and the burden of proof Samantha Rich
- Oct 13 The role of therapeutic orders in cases of parental alienation Ainsley Doell
O.F.L.M. 2023-09 PDF
- Sep 14 A proposal for the tort of financial abuse in family law David Frenkel, Ainsley Doell
- Sep 14 Contact orders and extended family: when will the court intervene? Christina Hinds
- Sep 14 Notional disposition costs: what are they good for? Absolutely something. Amruta Ponkshe
- Sep 14 Navigating parental alienation in family law: guiding principles, evidence & remedies Samantha Rich
O.F.L.M. 2023-08 PDF
- Aug 1 Why the Court of Appeal in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia did not do enough for victims of family violence David Frenkel
- Aug 1 Limitation period? Not today! David Tobin
- Aug 1 A review of the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress Christina Hinds
- Aug 1 A review of seven recent tort decisions of family violence in Canada Samantha Rich
O.F.L.M. 2023-07 PDF
- Jul 1 Compensatory basis for spousal support – a review and analysis of post-pandemic case law David Frenkel
- Jul 1 You get an expert! You get an expert! EVERYONE GETS AN EXPERT! (Thank you Oprah) David Tobin
- Jul 1 Back to (Rosen) Basics – the threshold for urgency Christina Hinds
- Jul 1 Should a litigant provide the court with relevant information, even if it is not helpful for their case? Amruta Ponkshe
- Jul 1 To reduce conflict and tension in family law cases, don’t ask for irrelevant disclosure Samantha Rich
O.F.L.M. 2023-06 PDF
- Jun 1 The Anderson framework: helpful in Saskatchewan, but in Ontario, we have LeVan David Frenkel
- Jun 1 Liar(s), liar(s), pants on fire – credibility revisited David Tobin
- Jun 1 Foreign judgments and the defence of public policy: repugnant facts won’t cut it Christina Hinds
- Jun 1 Striking the balance on striking a party’s pleadings for non-disclosure Samantha Rich