Travelling with your children? Don’t forget to bring this (hint- it’s not your passport) Zehra Uddin Have you separated from your ex and are planning a vacation with just your children for the first time? Travelling with kids can be hectic enough. You may feel like you’re constantly forgetting something
To sign a prenup or not to sign a prenup. A very good question. The starting point in providing an answer is to understand what value a prenup can possibly have to a couple who are in love, enjoying their relationship, and looking forward to a future together filled with
You are separated or divorced with a child living with you. Your ex has been given access rights (now called parenting time) to the child by way of a court order or a separation agreement that you signed. You may or may not have what was previously known as ‘sole
These are difficult times for everyone. Families are confined to spaces – some very small and some larger. But that does not mean that the people in those spaces are happy. For sure, some are. And for sure, some are not. Before the stay-at-home order and the distancing restrictions many
A lawyer involved in a case that resulted in the Supreme Court of Canada revising how domestic courts determine the “habitual residence” of children under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction believes the Ontario Court of Appeal failed to follow the multifactor “hybrid approach” set
The evolution of Hague Convention cases in Canada post the Supreme Court of Canada decision in O.C.L. v Balev has been disappointing, discouraging, and to left behind parents, devastating. It has become a vehicle that permits the withholding parent to ‘kidnap’ their children with something that borders on impunity. It
The Supreme Court of Canada recently decided a case in which I appeared as the lawyer for the father, that has changed the way Hague Convention cases will be dealt with in Canadian courts. The decision in O.C.L. v Balev was released on April 20, 2018 and it is considered a ground-breaking departure
Why are we still arguing about establishing basic access or parenting rights in 2018? One of the most frustrating areas within the practice of family law is the fight that is mounted to establish parenting rights for the parent, usually the father, who no longer resides with the child. It
The SUPREME COURT OF CANADA has released its long awaited decision on this Hague Convention appeal. Counsel at BOOKMAN LAW are pleased with the decision as it conforms Canadian law to evolving international jurisprudence while at the same time validates and confirms that the decisions of the Applications Judge and the
