Corollary Relief

Jul 21

I feel for a parent who needs to consent to adoption when they can't care for their child. But I feel more for the adopting parent, caring for the child for 7 years, facing a claim to set aside the consent. Law & application: JDS v. MLM, 2025 ONSC 4124

Jul 18

Substantial JFV where W worked for H business upheld. Takeaways: long cohabitation + short marriage = exception to 'EP subsumes equitable relief'; spouse pay rate; hard to appeal on facts when (disclosure) not provided: Mullin v. Sherlock, 2025 ONCA 510

Jul 18

Seeing a number of DivCt leave decisions where no costs ordered because no cost outline filed: Hensz v. Nelson, 2025 ONSC 3838

Jul 18

We need to have a real discussion about introducing medical evidence for inability or compromised ability to work for imputing income purposes. See ~15-16: Janic v. Janic, 2025 ONCA 509 https://coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca/coa/coa/en/item/23438/index.do See also: https://canlii.ca/t/jwtc0#par23 ht...Read more

We need to have a real discussion about introducing medical evidence for inability or compromised ability to work for imputing income purposes. See ~15-16: Janic v. Janic, 2025 ONCA 509 https://coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca/coa/coa/en/item/23438/index.do See also: https://canlii.ca/t/jwtc0#par23 https://canlii.ca/t/k6k34#par20

Jul 18

In Hague Child Abduction, consent & acquiescence to future relocation ≠ same for pre-move retention. Here, UK family applied for Canadian PR, came for trip, M stayed. See ~48 re return conditions vs parenting terms: Ahmed v Abdelmoaein 2025 ONCA 508 https://coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca/coa/coa/en/i...Read more

In Hague Child Abduction, consent & acquiescence to future relocation ≠ same for pre-move retention. Here, UK family applied for Canadian PR, came for trip, M stayed. See ~48 re return conditions vs parenting terms: Ahmed v Abdelmoaein 2025 ONCA 508 https://coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca/coa/coa/en/item/23436/index.do