by Howard Nightingale | Jul 3, 2018 | Family Law, Federal Court Legislation |
Two decades old now, the Canadian Divorce Act is out of date according to the federal government; Bill C-78 is their attempt to modernize it. The bill is promoted as being “child centric:” specifically, the law uses the phrase, Best interests of the child, and directs...
by Howard Nightingale | Apr 25, 2018 | Family Law, Legal Coaching |
What is legal coaching? The concept of legal coaching is best understood by redefining – at least to an extent – the relationship between lawyer and client. The lawyer does not represent you; you represent yourself. The lawyer now becomes a coach or tutor whose...
by Howard Nightingale | Apr 5, 2018 | Family Law |
Family Court has developed new terminology reflecting its attempt to develop alternative arrangements for the children of divorced and separated parents. These include: primary and secondary parents; shared and split custody, and parallel parenting. Exactly what are...
by Howard Nightingale | Oct 31, 2017 | Family Law |
When the Law isn’t Necessarily the Law The essential question is this: can a marriage contract stipulate terms contrary to the Family Law Act? In a word, yes it can. If you receive a marriage contract from your significant other prior to getting married, and it...
by Howard Nightingale | Jul 28, 2017 | Family Law |
With summer, the wedding season is in full swing. Across Canada, there’s an average of 160,000 marriages yearly, but more people marry between June and August than any other time of the year. Since these are the summer months, that likely explains the recent increase...
by Howard Nightingale | Mar 23, 2017 | Family Law |
Ontario’s family law legislation, apparently at odds with federal law, is in the spotlight again. The current issue concerns support payments for handicapped children of unmarried parents. Last year it concerned the access rights of grandparents to see their...
