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 »
When it comes to dividing family property, everything acquired during a marriage is subject to division. This includes vehicles, pension plans, furniture … and hockey tickets. Season tickets for a professional hockey team, or any sport team, are sharable property. If one person wants to keep the tickets and the other does not, then often… 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 […]
Our courts generally award some additional money to whomever is more successful in their litigation as costs. This is designed to discourage litigating losing cases. But enforcing a cost award can be more trouble than it is worth, and many cost awards don’t ever get paid. When awarded costs people tend to do one of […]
