Ontario Family Law Practice

ebook Volume 1 · Ontario Family Law Practice (2024)

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, 2024 Edition contains the amendments to the Family Law Rules, up to and including those in force as of July 1, 2023, 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 2024 Edition – What's New?

  • Brand new practice note: Ontario Judges' and Lawyers' Guide to Safety Planning, by contributor Hilary Linton, Founder of Riverdale Mediation Ltd and Toronto Family Mediation Services
  • Inclusion of the Consolidated Provincial Practice Direction for Family Law Proceedings at the Superior Court of Justice, in effect June 15, 2023
  • Amendments to the Family Law Rules, including:
    • Amendment to Rule 1.3(4) – Exemptions to notify re: access to certain filed documents
    • New Rule 3.01 – Access to court filings for proceedings involving children by non-parties
    • New subrule 6(19)(f) – Lawyer or paralegal's Certificate of Service (Form 6C)
    • New subrules 17(3.1)-(3.3) – Requirement for parties to confer prior to conferences regarding financial disclosure and the possible settlement of issues
    • New Rule 37.2 – International child abduction matters to be dealt with within six weeks
  • Amendments to the Family Law Act, the Courts of Justice Act, and various regulations
  • Supreme Court of Canada decisions related to family law, including the applicability of the Miglin framework to domestic contracts in different contexts (Anderson) and the proper approach to child abduction cases when country of origin is not a signatory to the Hague Convention (F v. N)
  • Digests of all reported Ontario family law cases over the previous year, including the Court of Appeal's rulings on key topics, such as:
    • The applicability of tort law in family proceedings where there has been domestic violence (Ahluwalia)
    • The use of constructive trust and proprietary estoppel remedies in cases of marriage breakdown (Madi v. King)
    • Execution against marital property (Senthillmohan)
    • Domestic violence and best interests of the child (N.B. v. C.M.)
    • Motions for stays in child abduction cases (Dieffenbacher)
    • Kin caregiver entitled to party status (Children's Aid Society of Longon and Middlesex v. T.E.)
    • Costs against Children's Aid Society (Children's Aid Society of the Region of Peel v. L.M.)
    • Child support for adult children (Licata v. Shure)
    • Recovery of costs for expert's report (Assayag-Shneer v. Shneer)
    • Psychiatric assessment of a parent (A.C.V.P. v. A.M.P.)
    • Foreign divorces (Antonyuk)
  • 2022-2023 Year-in-Review
  • And more!

    Who Should Buy

  • Family law practitioners who need a quick reference...
  • Ontario Family Law Practice