Corollary Relief

Dec 11

A 7 day trip to Costa Rica with the kids and (adult) friends, where outstanding criminal charge and previously cancelled trip. To travel consent or not? And on interim variation of temporary parenting orders: Reeve v. Larson, 2025 ONSC 6497 https://canlii.ca/t/kgt7x

Dec 10

Save for use: Very succinct summary on costs for a self-represented litigant. Sterling v. Whittingham, 2025 ONCJ 626 https://canlii.ca/t/kgtc1

Dec 9

In uncontested matter, motion (before 23C) to sell matrimonial home dismissed: if relying on FLA Part II, Act actually requires evidence of "unreasonably withholding consent”, e.g. correspondence. On lawyer's affidavits~27: Lin v. Xie, 2025 ONSC 6456 https://canlii.ca/t/kgv2t

Dec 8

If you don't respond to a simple divorce, it doesn't stop you from starting an Application for Corollary Relief & property. Here, extention to file Answer denied where no prejudice shown & property (already) secured by a CPL: M.F. v. S.B., 2025 ONSC 2103 https://canlii.ca/t/kg7mf

Dec 5

Very good to know: Excluded Property traced *through* a matrimonial home sold prior to separation retains its excluded status ~12(iii). We need to rethink how we address RESP, included unless notb~12(v), 7: Lau v. Tao, 2025 ONCA 819