Forms:
- Application
- Answer
- Affidavit in Support of Claim for Custody or Access
- Financial Statement (Support Claims)
- Financial Statement (Property and Support Claims)
- Intake Form for Children’s Lawyer
- Child Tax Benefit Application
- Family Responsibility Office filing package
- Request for Credit Report
Cases:
Parenting
- Gordon v. Goertz, 1996 CanLII 191 (S.C.C.) (mobility, best interests of the child, variation of custody and access orders, material change of circumstances)
- Young v. Young, 1993 CanLII 34 (S.C.C.) (religion, rights of an access parent, best interests of the child)
- Kaplanis v. Kaplanis, 2005 CanLII 1625 (Ont. C.A.) (joint custody, best interests of the child)
- Ladisa v. Ladisa, 2005 CanLII 1627 (Ont. C.A.) (joint custody, best interests of the child)
- Linton v. Clarke, 1994 CanLII 7380 (Ont. Div. Ct.) (assessments)
Child Support
- S.(D.B.) v. G.(S.R.), 2006 SCC 37 (S.C.C.) (retroactive child support)
- Lewi v. Lewi, 2006 CanLII 15446 (Ont. C.A.) (child support for adult children)
- Park v. Thompson, 2005 CanLII 14132 (Ont. C.A.) (adult children)
- Francis v. Baker, 1999 CanLII 659 (S.C.C.) (section 4 of the Guidelines)
- R. v. R., 2002 CanLII 41875 (Ont. C.A.) (section 4 of the Guidelines)
- Contino v. Leonelli-Contino, 2005 SCC 63 (S.C.C.) (child support where both parents have the children more than 40% of the time)
- Chartier v. Chartier, 1999 CanLII 707 (S.C.C.) (child support payable by a step parent)
- Ewing v. Ewing, 2009 ABCA 227 (Atla. C.A.), application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada pending (section 4 of the Guidelines)
- Tauber v. Tauber, 2000 CanLII 5747 (Ont. C.A.) (section 4 of the Guidelines)
- Tauber v. Tauber, 2001 CanLII 28234 (Ont. S.C.J.) (section 4 of the Guidelines and spousal support)
Spousal Support
- Miglin v. Miglin, 2003 SCC 24 (S.C.C.) (spousal support in the face of spousal support release)
- Fisher v. Fisher, 2008 ONCA 11 (Ont. C.A.) (the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines)
- Bracklow v. Bracklow, 1999 CanLII 715 (S.C.C.) (entitlement to spousal support)
- Boston v. Boston, 2001 SCC 43 (S.C.C.) (pensions and “double dipping”)
- Willick v. Willick, 1994 CanLII 29 (S.C.C.) (variation of support orders, material change in circumstances)
- Moge v. Moge, 1992 CanLII 25 (S.C.C.) (entitlement to spousal support, objectives of spousal support, self-sufficiency)
Property
- Stone v. Stone, 2001 CanLII 24110 (Ont. C.A.) (equalization of net family property, unequal division of net family property)
- Rawluk v. Rawluk, 1990 CanLII 152 (S.C.C.) (equalization of net family property, resulting trusts, constructive trusts)
- Peter v. Beblow, 1993 CanLII 126 (S.C.C.) (constructive trusts)
- Best v. Best, 1999 CanLII 700 (S.C.C.) (valuation of pensions)
- Serra v. Serra, 2009 ONCA 105 (Ont. C.A.) (unequal division of net family property)
- Levan v. Levan, 2008 ONCA 388 (Ont. C.A.) (setting aside domestic contracts, unequal division of net family property)
- von Czieslik v. Ayuso, 2007 ONCA 305 (Ont. C.A.) (unequal divisions of net family property)
Marriage Contracts
Separation Agreements and Disclosure Obligations
Summary Judgment
- Aguonie v. Galion Solid Waste Management Inc., 1998 CanLII 954 (Ont. C.A.)
- Dawson v. Rexcroft Storage, 1998 CanLII 4831 (Ont. C.A.)
Interim Costs and Disbursements
- British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band, 2003 SCC 71 (S.C.C.)
- Biddle v. Biddle, 2005 CanLII 7660 (Ont. S.C.J.)
Partition and Sale
- Latcham v. Latcham, 2002 CanLII 44960 (Ont. C.A.)
- Silva v. Silva (1990), 1 O.R. (3d) 436 (Ont. C.A.)
- Martin v. Martin (1992), 8 O.R. (3d) 41 (Ont. C.A.)
- Batler v. Batler (1988), 67 O.R. (2d) 355 (Ont. H.C.)
Occupation Rent
- Griffiths v. Zambosco, 2001 CanLII 24097 (Ont. C.A.)
- Higgins v. Higgins, 2001 CanLII 28223 (Ont. S.C.J.)
Trust Doctrines
- Rathwell v. Rathwell, [1978] 2 S.C.R. 436 (S.C.C.)
- Rawluk v. Rawluk, 1990 CanLII 152 (S.C.C.)
- Sorochan v. Sorochan, 1986 CanLII 23 (S.C.C.)
- Pettkus v. Becker, 1980 CanLII 22 (S.C.C.)
- Peter v. Beblow, 1993 CanLII 126 (S.C.C.)
- Wylie v. Leclair, 2003 CanLII 49737 (Ont. C.A.)
- Bell v. Bailey, 2001 CanLII 11608 (Ont. C.A.)
- Campbell v. Campbell, 1999 CanLII 2294 (Ont. C.A.)
- Kerr v. Baranow [2011] S.C.J. No. 10
Preservation Orders
- Lasch v. Lasch, (1988), 13 R.F.L. (3d) 434 (Ont. H.C.J.)
- Bronfman v. Bronfman, 2000 CanLII 22710 (Ont. S.C.J.)
Prejudgment and Postjudgment Interest
- Debora v. Debora, 2006 CanLII 40663 (Ont. C.A.)
- Burgress v. Burgress, 1995 CanLII 8950 (Ont. C.A.)
- Levan v. Levan, 2008 ONCA 288 (Ont. C.A.), application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed 2008 CanLII 54724 (S.C.C.)
Costs
- Serra v. Serra, 2009 ONCA 395 (Ont. C.A.)
- Islam v. Rahman, 2007 ONCA 622 (Ont. C.A.)
- M.(A.C.) v. M.(D), 2003 CanLII 18880 (Ont. C.A.)
- Boucher v. Public Accountants Council for Ontario, 2004 CanLII 14579 (Ont. C.A.)
- Fong v. Chan, 1999 CanLII 2052 (Ont. C.A.)
- Biant v. Sagoo, 2001 CanLII 28137 (Ont. S.C.J.)
Motions
Law:
- Arbitration Act (Ontario)
- Change of Name Act (Ontario)
- Child and Family Services Act (Ontario)
- Child Support Guidelines (Ontario)
- Children’s Law Reform Act (Ontario)
- Creditors’ Relief Act (Ontario)
- Courts of Justice Act (Ontario)
- Divorce Act (Canada)
- Evidence Act (Ontario)
- Family Law Act (Ontario)
- Family Law Rules (Ontario)
- Family Law Rules Forms (Ontario)
- Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act (Canada)
- Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996 (Ontario)
- Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act (Canada)
- Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act, 2002
- Marriage Act (Ontario)
- Partition Act (Ontario)
- Pension Benefits Act (Ontario)
- Rules of Civil Procedure (Ontario)
- Succession Law Reform Act (Ontario)
- Tax Rules for Family Law Practitioners
- Vital Statistics Act (Ontario)
- Wages Act (Ontario)
Family Law Related Websites:
- Academy of Financial Divorce Specialists
- Arising Women Place
- Association of Family & Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
- Ontario Chapter of the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts
- Bartimaeus Inc. (Custody & Access Supervision Service)
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Canadian Custody Home Page
- Catholic Children’s Aid Society
- Catholic Family Services of Toronto
- Child Welfare League of Canada
- Children’s Aid Society of Toronto
- Divorce Helpline
- Divorce Magazine
- DivorceNet
- Divorce Interactive
- Divorce Online
- Divorce Professionals
- Divorce Source
- Divorce Support
- Family Lawyers Association
- Guide to Divorce
- High Conflict Institute
- Imago Workshops for Singles
- Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
- Institute for Integrative Coaching
- Jewish Family and Child Service of Toronto
- JointParents.com (Tools for divorced parents)
- Justice for Children and Youth
- Kids’ Guide to Separation and Divorce
- Legal Aid Ontario
- Men’s Educational Support Association (MESA)
- Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC)
- Native Child and Family Services Toronto
- Ontario Association for Marriage & Family Therapy
- Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies
- Ontario Women’s Justice Network (OWJN)
- OurFamilyWizard.com
- Parent Education Network
- Parents Without Partners
- Pension Valuators of Canada
- Professional Academy of Custody Evaluators (PACE)
- Proud To Parent
- Rainbows
- Self-Help Materials
- Separation & Divorce Resource Center
- Shared Parenting Information Group
- Shelters for Abused Women
- South Asian Family Support Services
- Step Family Foundation
- The Collaborative Family Law Association of Ontario Toronto Group
- The Fathers’ Rights & Equality Exchange
- The Parental Planner
- The Trusted Advisor’s Survival Kit
- Up To Parents
- While We Heal
- Your Social Worker

