How Do Courts Relate To Parents With A Criminal Past?
Do courts grant decision-making responsibility to parents with a criminal past? The Best Interest of the Child It is an unfortunate yet harsh reality that the criminal justice and family law systems sometimes go hand-in-hand. Specifically, parents with a criminal record often wish for parenting time with their children or decision-making responsibility on behalf of […]
Child Support Obligations For Parents Enrolled In School
The Child Support Guidelines The Child Support Guidelines under the Family Law Act Child provide guidance in the governance of child support obligations in Ontario. Parents are often under-employed or unemployed despite child support obligations because they are enrolled in school. What are the support obligations for a parent who is enrolled in school, and […]
Parenting, Custody, And Covid-19. Parents Not Following Protocols
WHAT HAPPENS IF A PARENT DOES NOT ADHERE TO COVID-19 PROVINCIAL PROTOCOLS? Urgent Motions In serious circumstances, a parent can bring an urgent motion when there is an immediate danger to them or their children. In such a situation, detriment or harm could result without judicial intervention. The COVID-19 pandemic is a challenging time for […]
Parent Access Schedules & COVID-19
What happens when a parent insists on changing the parent access schedule and on more time during the COVID-19 pandemic: Medu v. Medu. Many parents are currently struggling with the disrupted access schedules in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. One parent may feel that the other is not exercising their access schedule appropriately and are […]
Parents Must Act Fast to Protect Their Relationships with Their Children After Separation
Parents’ rights after separation Many parents think that they have inalienable rights as a parent and that those rights do not change as the family circumstances do. This is not true. One of the surest ways for a parents self-perceived rights in regard to their children to be diminished is for a parent to react […]
Seeking Child Custody and Access: A Non-Parents Guide
In exceptional circumstances, a parent may be unable to provide the requisite care for their child, and a non-parent may be given custody. Simply put, the authorized parent is not able to provide a contract to “transfer” said custody or access, but rather, the non-parent must make an application and apply to the court for […]
