A recent Ontario decision discussed the circumstances under which separated or divorced parents have an obligation to a child who had been emancipated. Specifically, the court reviewed whether the father of a 17-year old daughter who had left home and obtained a legal emancipation order was responsible for financial supporting her through university. Emancipated Daughter …
Read MoreIn a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal relied on documents and financial disclosure from a husband’s first divorce proceedings in order to come to a conclusion about his net worth during his second divorce proceedings, following the end of his second marriage. The Parties The parties met in the early 1990’s. At the …
Read MoreThe Court of Appeal recently ruled on a situation involving complicated family dynamics, allegations of abuse, and a restraining order. The Court removed a condition in an order requiring a father to attend family counselling meetings with his ex-wife, her new partner, and the former couple’s children. The Court did not find these terms appropriate …
Read MoreAn Ontario woman, who falsely accused her ex-husband of a number of violent acts including attempted rape and domestic violence, has been sentenced to jail time. The woman claimed that her ex-husband broke into her apartment, threw her onto her bed, choked her repeatedly, threatened to kill her, and attempted to rape her several times. …
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Read MoreAn Ontario court recently dismissed a claim that a father claimed against the mother of his child, claiming that he was a victim of sexual DNA theft. What Happened? The parties met at a music festival, where they were both working. The mother was 38 years old at the time, and the father was 23 …
Read MoreThe Ontario Court of Appeal recently ruled that a wife whose husband had been having an affair may seek a larger share of net family property to offset the money the husband had spent on his lover. The Court was careful to note that the wife cannot use her suspicions of the husband’s misconduct to …
Read MoreAn Ontario court recently ordered that a man who was found to have gifted his former common-law spouse a 50% interest in the home they had lived in together had to either buy out the former spouse’s half interest, or the home had to be sold and profits divided equally if he wanted to resolve …
Read MoreGriffith v Davidson, a recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision, has confirmed that placing a property in joint tenancy means sharing the property equally on relationship breakdown. The question before the court (on appeal from an arbitration) was whether the common law wife held the property on resulting trust for the common law husband, …
Read MoreAn Ontario judge recently ordered that a father pay almost $25,000 for failing to disclose relevant financial information in a child support dispute within a reasonable period of time. What Happened? The former couple met in 1981 when they were both 19 years old, and were in a common-law relationship for approximately four years, resulting …
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