Coronavirus has disrupted all of our lives. In addition to all the burdens placed on the general population, separated parents are placed in a particularly challenging position because their response is tied to an individual with whom they might not see eye-to-eye even in the best of times. Even generally cooperative coparents are struggling with the lack of clear direction… Continue Reading »
An Emergency Protection Order is a provincial court order which generally prohibit the respondent from contacting or coming anywhere near the claimant and their family members. For an EPO to be granted a judge or justice of the peace must be satisfied that family violence has occurred, that the claimant has reason to believe that… Continue Reading »
If a lawsuit is started before a party dies the estate can often chose to continue that lawsuit. But when the surviving family members start suing each other after a spouse dies things are more complicated. That’s what happened in the recent is case of Stalzer Estate v. Stalzer, [2018] A.J. No. 315. The resulting… Continue Reading »
The breakdown of a family relationship is always hard. But it can be unbearable if the romantic relationship is replaced with a hostile, violent, or vexatious one. So what do you do then? Assuming all practical fixes break down, the parties can resort to one of three court applications: 1) Emergency Protection Order (EPO), 2) … Continue Reading »
Usually a separation means that someone needs to find a new place to live. The New York Times has a useful tool for looking at the long-term costs of renting versus buying. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html You may find this tool useful if you are looking for new accommodation for yourself, but it can also be useful […]
