Ontario Family Law Practice

ebook Volume 1 · Ontario Family Law Practice (2025)

By Kendra D.M.G. Coats

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Newly Updated for Changing Times

As the all-time "Go-To" Resource for family law practitioners, Ontario Family Law Practice, 2025 Edition contains the amendments to the Family Law Rules, along with expert insights on family law practice.

For more than two decades, Ontario Family Law Practice has been the leading text for family judges, lawyers and mediators, providing them with relevant law, practice tips, and contact information at their fingertips. In two volumes, you'll find succinct, section-by-section annotations of the key federal and Ontario legislation and rules governing family law.

Along with digests of over 5,000 cases and statutory cross-references, this book offers insight and analysis from leading members of the judiciary and bar. Key developments are noted in the year in review summary, and legislation is fully cross-referenced for ease of use. Related materials are provided in the accompanying softcover Volume 2. Only Ontario Family Law Practice continues to deliver all the family law information needed to succeed in one convenient and portable package.

The 2025 Edition – What's New?

  • Amendments to the Family Law Rules:
    • O. Reg. 349/23 enacts house-keeping changes dealing with the clerk's role in electronic and paper filing; limits the ability of parties to extend the deadline for filing expert opinion evidence; and alters the documentation for a summons to witness
  • Amendments to the Divorce Act and various regulations
  • Coming into force in Canada of the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance
  • Digests of all reported Ontario family law cases over the previous year, including the Court of Appeal's rulings on key topics, such as:
    • Appeals from uncontested trials (Lamothe v. Ellis)
    • Appeals where pleadings struck (Wilson v. Fatahi-Ghandehari)
    • Child protection – Costs against agency (Children's Aid Society of London and Middlesex v. T.E.)
    • Child Support Guidelines (Zhao v. Xiao)
    • Contempt – Final or interlocutory order (Gueye v. DiNino)
    • Domestic agreements – Formal requirements (El Rassi-Wight v. Arnold)
    • Equalization – Unpursued trust claims (Karatzoglou v. Commisso)
    • Foreign divorce decrees (Abraham v. Gallo)
    • Multiplicity of proceedings (Tran v. Taylor)
    • Parenting orders – Health decisions (J.N. v. C.G.)
    • Parenting orders – Review term (Cuthbert v. Nolis)
    • Removal of child – Habitual residence – Serious harm (Zafar v. Azeem)
  • 2023-2024 Year-in-Review
  • And more!

    Who Should Buy

  • Family law practitioners who need a quick reference guide before and in court or during client or settlement meetings
  • Non-specialist lawyers who need one-stop, easy-to-use access to overlapping legislation and constantly evolving case law
  • Judges of Ontario family courts who demand a comprehensive and authoritative source of the law and practice in this area
  • Family Mediators and Child Protection Mediators who need to consult a reliable resource for interpretation of the law

    Putting Family Law in the Palm of Your Hand

    Ontario Family Law Practice is published in two volumes – a hardcover main volume to take to court (Volume 1) and a softcover Related Materials volume (Volume 2).

  • Ontario Family Law Practice