Grandparent Access: Mediate, Don’t Litigate
Have a look at my piece on access by grandparents to their grandkids on the Lawyer’s Daily website. https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/2776
Stopping Cellphone Videoing in Custody Cases
Cellphone videos and photos have become an epidemic in family law cases. Almost every client who comes in the door wants to show me a video of his or her spouse behaving badly. This is particularly so in custody cases. One parent videos (often surreptitiously) the other parent’s interactions with the child, in the hopes…
Relationship Tips: Talk, Listen and Love
I was watching a rerun of “Modern Family” the other night. In the episode, Phil learns a neighbour’s wife has left him. Phil tells the viewer that he hopes it is due to an affair or drugs and alcohol, because those he can protect against. Unfortunately for Phil, the neighbour tells him that he has…
Comments on the Bonkalo Report on Family Law Services
The Report of Justice Bonkalo on the delivery of family law services was just released. Read what I had to say on the 21 recommendations in my interview with Advocate Daily: http://www.advocatedaily.com/jennifer-samara-shuber-comments-on-Bonkalo-report.html