PRACTICE AREA: Family

Evidence was sufficient for finding that there was risk that children were likely to suffer physical and/or emotional harm from actions, failure to act or pattern of neglect on part of parents

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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