Several recent tax court cases have dealt with the question of who gets to claim children as dependents for income tax purposes when parents have equal custody and one pays the other an “off-set” amount for support payments…

When is it proper for a judge to take a child’s objections to being returned to one parent or another into consideration? Nicholas Bala, a professor at the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University, and Max Blitt Q.C., explore the question…

Recent reports have underlined the abysmal state of access to justice in Canada – and that goes double for children. The National Action Committee’s Family Law Working Group states that children are usually “unrepresented non-parties”...

Alexis MacIsaac, a policy analyst with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, takes us through some of the details of the Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act, enacted in 2013…

When it comes to deciding what will happen when a parent wants to relocate, many might wish their judge had the wisdom of Solomon.

Orders for access are maddeningly difficult, and often impossible, to enforce, writes John-Paul Boyd, executive director of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family…

The Family, Children & Youth Section of the Department of Justice Canada has produced two new public legal education and information documents for parents: Making Plans and the Parenting Plan Tool.

Travelling with children and marital break-ups are both difficult – combine the two and there can be a legal minefield to cross before you start packing your bags. Diana Andai and Estelle Marion, legal counsel with the Department of Justice, talk about the importance of separation agreements and court orders, and review the steps you must take when applying for passports for children under 16.