March 28, 2013
by Sarah
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Our globalized economy has more and more families on the move with ties to a number of jurisdictions. Families migrate to follow business opportunities with ease. While a family is intact the question of where their real home is of … Continue reading
February 20, 2013
by Jennifer Samara Shuber
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In January 2013, an experienced Ontario family court judge, the Honourable Madam Justice Mesbur, ruled that a British civil union between a same sex couple would be recognized as a marriage in Ontario for the purposes of property division, support … Continue reading
January 22, 2013
by Jennifer Samara Shuber
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Parties choose to arbitrate their family law disputes for many reasons: the privacy of the process, the cost, the ability to appoint a decision-maker who is a family law expert as opposed to our generalist judges, etc… Arbitration is, in … Continue reading
October 31, 2012
by Jennifer Samara Shuber
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Followers of this blog may recall the posts my partner Sarah Boulby and I did, in June and July 2012 respectively, on the controversial Ontario Court of Appeal case Dovigi and Razi. Well, big news to those of us in … Continue reading
July 10, 2012
by Jennifer Samara Shuber
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The May 31, 2012 Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Dovigi v Razi 2012 ONCA 361 has attracted a lot of attention. The family law bar and the general public are divided on whether the appeal court got it right. The … Continue reading