Canadian law and the Jewish Ketebuah and gifts of money and gold made in contemplation of and at the time of marriage in the Hindi and Muslim traditions and the tradition of engagement rings
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How do cultural traditions and norms, such as dowry and the Muslim Mahr, interact with Canadian law when property is divided?
The new Divorce Act is effective, March 1, 2021. This webinar looks at how to make the new act work for women who are leaving an abusive relationship.
Ontario recently significantly revised its family law that deals with custody and access, the Children’s Law Reform Act, to align it with the federal Divorce Act. In this presentation, you will learn about the changes, with a focus on their impact on women fleeing abusive relationships.
Looking for ways better balance your work life during lockdown? Here are some tips.
Manage online meetings
You may think you can multitask (see point 3 below), but when you are checking email, text messages, twitter and maybe playing a game of solitaire while you are in an online meeting, you are going to miss some of what you need to know.
Financial abuse
Many abusive relationships involve an element of financial control or abuse. For example, the abuser may:
Monitor the woman’s spendingControl all the money and give her an allowanceRequire her to justify her spendingInsist that only his name be on bank accounts, investments, credit cards, etc.Not allow the woman to have a debit cardMake all the financial decisions for the familyOwn all the property
Full financial disclosure
Upon separation,
Few people, even when they are entering a second (or third, or fourth) relationship consider that this one, like the previous one(s), might end. Love is in the air, and it is hard for most people to imagine that it would ever leave or that one person might treat the other badly.
The law assumes that each spouse makes equal if different contributions. If the relationship ends, they share the family property equally.
Equalization payment
Person with greater new family property (NFP) must pay the other spouse half of the difference.
Common Law
If the relationship ends,
This webinar examines key safety issues for women leaving an abusive relationship from the time the woman begins to consider separation, throughout the separation and family law processes and beyond. We will look at both physical and emotional safety issues, legal steps women can take, tech safety and keeping children safe,
In the early fall, there was a flurry of cases relating to whether children should go back to in-school learning or continue with online learning, some of which you can find summarized in our Case Law section.
The upcoming winter school break, coupled with COVID-19 cases rising at an alarming rate in many Ontario communities,
