Tell your clients about tax deductible fees March 08, 2019 Beau Atkins Certain legal fees incurred in pursuing claims for child support or spousal support payments are tax-deductible. If you practice family law in Canada, you owe a duty to clients pursuing such relief to help them obtain this deduction.
Bill C-78 proposes changes to the way information is released January 16, 2019 Katherine Batycky Bill C-781 contains proposed changes to the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act2 that would shorten its title and at the same time allow for more expansive use of that Act by individuals and provincial agencies that may already use the current Act.
Symposium on children’s participation in justice processes coming to Calgary this fall February 13, 2017 John-Paul Boyd Canada and its provinces are signatories to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a convention obliging states’ parties to recognize and affirm the fundamental human rights possessed by all children.
Family violence screening by Family Law lawyers December 15, 2016 CBA Family Law Section and the Federal Provincial Territorial Ad Hoc Working Group on Family Violence Family law lawyers are most often engaged by clients when families are experiencing great change, distress, or upheaval in their lives. Multiple factors may contribute to or exacerbate the client’s situation. The presence of certain circumstances, such as family violence, may be difficult for family law lawyers to detect.
The 25th anniversary of Canada’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: We’ve come a long way – haven’t we? December 02, 2016 Twenty-five years later after ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Canada ranks 17th out of 29 affluent nations for children’s overall wellbeing and drops to 26th for inequality. So what can lawyers do to improve the welfare of Canadian children?
Drafting clauses to facilitate the enforcement of special or extraordinary expenses April 02, 2015 Nathalie Morissette and Amanda Stuart When special or extraordinary expenses are not spelled out in child support orders, they are often unenforceable. Nathalie Morissette and Amanda Stuart, counsels with the federal Justice Department, provide tips on making sure there is clarity on…
Improving coordination of the family and criminal systems in cases of family violence April 02, 2015 Claire Farid Claire Farid writes about Making the Links in Family Violence Cases: Collaboration among the Family, Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems, a report that identifies the challenges that arise when family violence is a factor in…
British Columbia's Family Justice Summit October 22, 2014 Suzanne Anton, Q.C. British Columbia’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Suzanne Anton, Q.C., talks about the province’s third annual Justice Summit. The summit, held in May, focused on family law in the province, specifically separation and divorce issues.
(Re) Introducing the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family October 20, 2014 John-Paul Boyd John-Paul Boyd, the executive director of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, takes a moment to (re)introduce an institution he’ll forgive you for not having heard of before. The CRILF is one of Canada’s more venerable research agencies, with a mandate to pursue multidisciplinary research into law and the family.
Unmarried spouses: The Quebec Court of Appeal takes a stand October 15, 2014 Sylvie Schirm The Quebec Court of Appeal recently handed down a decision that is very important for unmarried spouses who are suing their ex-partner for unjust enrichment, writes Sylvie Schirm in this article, reprinted with permission from Droit Inc.