Besides being emotional benchmarks in people’s lives, divorces are often cause to evaluate and come to terms with finances. Because of this, our Vancouver divorce lawyers suggest that when contemplating divorce or separation, people should collect together and keep safe [...read full post]
Divorce law blog
Author: Kevin Heinrichs
Costs refers to legal fees incurred in the process of litigating a family law matter. In Ontario, the Family Law Rules empowers the Court to order one party to pay some or all of the costs of another party. The [...read full post]
The recent decision of Bhatnagar v Bhatnagar, 2016 ONSC 3054 (CanLII) excellently summarizes spousal support entitlement, quantum, and award basics, while also highlighting retroactive support considerations and the meaning of self-sufficiency in a long marriage.
Spousal misconduct & self
[...read full post]Categorized: Case Analysis, Divorce, Ontario, Spousal Support.
The Supreme Court of BC released a lengthy and complicated decision canvassing a variety of issues on August 4, 2015. Shapiro v. Shapiro 2015 BCSC 1361 deals generally with income available for child support and entitlement to spousal support. Justice [...read full post]
Categorized: Child Support, Divorce, Family Law.
Shapiro v Simpson, 2015 BCSC 1361 is a recent judicial statement on the proper interpretation of marriage contracts in BC courts. The case is quite complex and I have previously commented on it in the context of imputing support. This [...read full post]
Categorized: Agreements, Case Analysis.