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R.L. v. M.F.: ONCA Reframes Entitlement Beyond Imputation
R.L. v. M.F., 2025 ONCA 595, is a helpful appellate decision for Ontario family law practitioners dealing with high-income spouses, dual-career families, and spousal support where both parties earn substantial incomes. The Court of Appeal dismissed the husband’s appeal from ...
Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. R.E.: Not Every Breach Demands a New Trial – The Court of Appeal Redraws the Lines
In Catholic CAS of Toronto v. R.E., 2025 ONCA 623, the Court of Appeal confronted a familiar but often misunderstood tension in child protection litigation: what happens when a procedural fairness breach affects only one piece of a complex trial ...
S.S. v. S.R.A.: No Compliance, No Appeal
The Snapshot The Ontario Court of Appeal quashed a father’s appeal after he repeatedly ignored support and parenting orders and engaged in prolonged alienating conduct. In S.S. v. S.R.A., 2025 ONCA 724, the panel described the behaviour as egregious and ...
Garlow v. Lasri: The Line Between Emergency and Urgent Family Motions
“This shouldn’t be so complicated.” — Justice Alex Pazaratz, Garlow v. Lasri In Garlow v. Lasri (2025 ONSC 6216), Justice Pazaratz delivers a timely reminder that the difference between an emergency and an urgent motion isn’t semantic — it’s procedural ...
A.A.H. (Re): Permits Adoption by Deemed Parents Under the CYFSA
As Ontario family lawyers, we are no strangers to the evolving landscape of parentage and adoption law, particularly in the wake of the 2016 amendments to the Children’s Law Reform Act (CLRA), which took effect January 1, 2017 (O. Reg. ...
Qu v. Zhang: Resulting Trusts, s. 14 FLA Timing, and the Weight of Credibility
Introduction In Qu v. Zhang, 2025 ONCA 391, the Court of Appeal upheld the Application judge’s determinations that the wife was the sole beneficial owner of the home under a resulting trust and that occupation rent was properly assessed with ...
CLARKE v. DENYES : Costs Awards in Protracted High-Conflict Family Proceedings
When family litigation becomes entrenched, costs can eclipse the issues themselves. In Clarke v. Denyes, 2025 ONSC 2936 (the “Costs Decision”), Justice Mathen’s May 16, 2025, endorsement following her March 17 2025 trial judgment in Clarke v. Denyes, 2025 ONSC ...
PRUITT v. PRUITT: Habitual Residence, Coercive Control, and the Limits of Article 13(b)
In Pruitt v. Pruitt, 2025 ONSC 3405, McVey J. applied the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to determine whether a toddler allegedly wrongfully removed from Michigan should be returned there. The judgment offers a clear ...
