Appeal Court considers stay of custody order in the face of forged evidenceBy Georgialee A. Lang
Many family law attorneys enjoy their practices, despite the rigours of high-conflict litigation and often, never-a- dull-moment narratives, but Ontario counsel surely just survived the
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An Ontario judge has spoken out clearly about counsel who book trials and then abandon them on short notice to the courts. In Armstrong v. Armstrong, 2017 ONSC 6568, Mr. Justice Pazaratz called the case, involving a reduction or termination
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In the turbulent 60′s Bob Dylan’s music and lyrics captured the imagination of a whole generation and became the soundtrack for America’s civil rights and anti-war movements.
His lyrics are as profound today as they were sixty years ago, and
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Albert Einstein’s quotes are legion, but one of his most pithy is:
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
Along the same line, Judge Judy once remarked that “Beauty fades, but
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Georgialee A. LangAn Ontario judge has sounded an alarm to family law counsel and their clients who engage in practices that contribute to “litigation nonsense,” a term coined by Justice Alex Pazaratz and particularly relevant in family law litigation
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The Alberta Court of Appeal considered an application for a stay of a parenting order where the lower court had drastically altered the pattern of parenting that had been in place. In Lloyd-Martinez v. Martinez 2021 ABCA 13, the case
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Parental alienation is a most insidious form of child abuse, a phenomenon that leaves children scarred and innocent parents victimized. If and when the child is returned, the healing process begins, though often times the damage is difficult to repair and
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Robert Herjavec, of Shark Tank and Dancing With the Stars fame, not surprisingly, lost his appeal to overturn a $125,000 per month spousal support order resulting from a 4-week trial in 2018. While Wikipedia and other sites claim his net
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Berthin v. Berthin 2020 BCCA 376 is another high-conflict case described by the chambers judge as an “unenvious litigation odyssey”, an apt characterization considering the court action was commenced in 2011 and led to 19 reported decisions in the BC
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