Hastings v. Hastings (2017), 2017 ONSC 4802, 2017 CarswellOnt 12360 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Director of Adoption placed child with adoptive parents in another province, who had adopted mother’s first child previously

Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto v. M.H. (2017), 2017 ONCJ 660, 2017 CarswellOnt 15382 (Ont. C.J.)

Husband could not benefit from provisions of Pension Benefits Act to protect his compensation arrangement from garnishment

Wetsch v. Kuski (2017), 2017 SKCA 77, 2017 CarswellSask 483 (Sask. C.A.)

Motion judge held that to allow husband to accept clauses that financially benefitted him and require wife to litigate all other clauses would be blatantly unfair

S. (S.K.) v. B. (T.L.) (2017), 2017 CarswellBC 1245, 2017 BCPC 134 (B.C. Prov. Ct.)

Father was aware that expenses were being incurred and was prepared to accept certain expenses but made no payment

Mohammadi v. Safari (2017), 2017 ONSC 4696, 2017 CarswellOnt 12389 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Forcing daughter to attend program did not protect daughter’s psychological and emotional safety, security and well-being

Husband’s loss of his permanent employment and his inability to find new permanent employment that paid amount approaching his prior income over past three years constituted material change in circumstances sufficient to vary quantum of spousal support

L. (K.A.) v. L. (K.J.) (2017), 2017 BCSC 651, 2017 CarswellBC 1064 (B.C. S.C.)