Tag: Children
Support Obligations for Step-Children
This article explores the support obligations of a step-parent towards a step-child, in situations of marriage breakdown.
Grandparents Rights - Custody and Access
Canadian courts do currently seem to adopt a more “pro-contact” approach, i.e. one that seems to favour allowing grandparents access unless there is good reason to hold otherwise...
Setting Aside Separation Agreements
Separation agreements are a form of domestic contract - as their name implies, they simply reduce to written form the agreement that has been reached between spouses who have decided to separate...
Joint, Sole and Shared Custody
Once parents have made the decision to separate, usually the next decision - and arguably the most important one - is the question of which of them is going to have custody of the children...
Undue Hardship and Child Support
A paying parent may be able to pay an amount less than the prescribed Table amount, if he or she is able to establish that the prescribed child support results in an undue hardship to the paying parent...
Keeping a Child Away From The Other Parent Can Backfire
Where children are involved, living can only ever be semi-independent as the needs of the children will forever keep the couple united. As the level of conflict and animosity increases between the parents...
Normal Childhood Behaviour Misconstrued
In intact families or even between separated parents with good communication, normal childhood events tend not to escalate with suspicion...
Parenting Plan Considerations
In intact relationships, parents do not usually consider how decisions are made with regard to the care of the children, let along who would carry out the various parenting tasks. However, once...