Ontario Family Law Podcast
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Ontario Family Law Podcast
The award-winning Ontario Family Law Podcast is hosted by Certified Specialist in Family Law, Ontario family lawyer, mediator, arbitrator and collaborative lawyer, John Schuman. John is also the author of the Guide to the Basics of Ontario Family Law. In an easy-to-understand manner, the podcast di...
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Is There a Time Limit to Get a Divorce?
Many former spouses have been separated for a while, but have not have gotten around to getting divorced. For some people that’s an intentional decis...
What to Do When A Family Court Judge Makes A Mistake
Sometimes people going through Family Court sometimes think that a judge made a mistake, possibly a big mistake. The result is that things went badly...
Before Getting Married, Make Sure You Know About These Parts of DIvorce Law and Family Law
It is the time of year when many people are getting married. That makes it a time of great celebration and planning, with lots of hopes and dreams. It...
5 Things You Should Never Do in Family Court
When separating spouses or parents go to Family Court, they want to win. Often they hire great family lawyers, like the host of the Ontario Family Law...
The Surprising Ways Adultery Does and Does Not Affect Family Court Cases
The Law Says Adultery Does Not Affect a Divorce, But That’s Not Always True
When one spouse has an extra-marital affair (or any sort of affair o...
Quitting A Job Won't Change Support
Child support is the part of divorce and family law that many people hate the most. Since, in Canada, monthly child support is based entirely on the p...
8 Ways to Lose a Parenting (Child Custody) Case
The implications of child custody decisions are far-reaching and can significantly impact the lives of both children and parents. It is important not...
The Legal Requirements Around Sharing Information About Children After Separation
From the comments and requests of followers, it seems that a lot of separated parents have difficulty getting information about their kids - whether i...
What Happens At Parental Alienation Treatment Programs According to Courtroom Testimony
When parents are cut off from their kids after separation, or have serious relationship problems with them, they might ask Family Court Judges to fix...
Why Hearing from Kids in Divorce is Important and DANGEROUS!
When parents separate, particularly when there is a lot of conflict, it is common for one parent to say that it is important to listen to what the kid...
When Can You Throw Out Your Ex?
What happens if spouses separate – their relationship is over - but one spouse refuses to move out? There can be a lot of tension, maybe even violence...
7 Big Costly Child Support Mistakes
The Child Support Guidelines was supposed to make child support easy, predictable and fair. They are supposed to result in separated parents spending...
Do You Really Need a Prenup (Marriage Contract or Cohabitation Agreement)?
Considering moving in with someone? Or getting married? There is lots of advice out there that you really should get a cohabitation agreement or marri...
If You Let Your Partner Move In, Will They Get Your House?
One of the most cost common family lawyer questions is: “If I let my partner move in with me, will her or she get half of my home?” Or, put another wa...
Where should You Get Divorced
When separated spouses live in different countries or provinces, they may wonder where the best place would be to get divorced. Where the separated sp...
What Happens at Your First Time in Family Court in Ontario
Most people have no idea what goes on in Family Court. They can be very afraid to go there. And for good reason. There can be a lot at stake. Judges o...
How to Lose Your Assets in a Divorce or Separation
Many people are very concerned about losing their assets to a partner or spouse when they separate. It’s a big concern. In episode, number 92, Certi...
How to Protect Your Assets From Your Spouse
Some people avoid intimate relationships because they are afraid of what it will cost them. That should not be necessary.
Over the cours...
Should A Spouse Leave the Home on Separation?
Some separations are characterized by nastiness, strong emotions, and even violence. However, couples don’t have to physically move out their home to...
Five More Costly Misconceptions About Family Law
Looking at online comments about divorce, separation, chid custody, parenting and family law, it is shocking at how wrong they can be. In many cases,...
Can Child Support Be Reduced for High Income Earners?
In Canada, monthly child support is based on the payor's income and keeps going up as the payor's income goes up. Unlike in some US states, there is n...
Can You Be Legally Separated and Not Know It?
Spouses and parents who feel their marriage or relationship is trouble, frequently ask about how go about getting a legal separation. But some of them...
Illegal Punishments for Children in Canada
What types of child punishments are against the law? The answer is surprising.
There are many perspectives on the appropriate way...
Why Online Separation Agreements Suck: Online Separation Agreements Can Have Many Critical Legal Errors
Certified Specialist in Family Law, John Schuman, looked at separation agreements sold online and found they were full of basic errors in law. People...
4 Things People Get Wrong About Divorce Law
A lot of information posted on the internet about Family Law is simply wrong, often posted by people who lost their case. There are clearly a lot of s...
What Parents Need to Know About Private Schools and Ontario Law (Before Signing Up Their Kids)
This episode explains what parents need to know, from a legal persepctive, when signing their kids up a private school in Ontario. In choosing a priva...
10 Family Law Strategies that Fail ... and tips to succeed in divorce
There can be a lot of anger and other emotions in separation and divorce. Some separated spouses head to a lawyer’s office, or to Family Court, in th...
Mistakes People Make When Doing Their Own Separation Agreement
After separating, many spouses and parents try to work out the issues between them on their own, and to make sure that what they decide “stays decided...
Can Separated Parents Agree To Not Pay Child Support?
After separation, many parents feel it is just simpler to agree there should be no child support than follow the law. Child support is often a point o...
When Can Yo Throw Out Your Ex's Stuff?
If you are stuck with a house full of your ex’s stuff, or even with your ex’s stuff taking up valuable space in your home, you are not alone! Family L...
What Are You Legally Required to Do First When Separating?
Separating from a spouse or partner is, without a question, a very difficult and busy time. It can seem like there are lots of things to do. But wha...
The Rights of Grandparents and Other Family Members To See Kids
One of the things grandparents fear the most is being cut off from their grandkids. Often other family members such as aunts, uncles, and cousins, fe...
What Happens When You Breach a Family Court Order?
People engaged in Family Court litigation often express enormous frustration when their former spouses breach Family Court Orders. Those breaches can...
Why Your Income for Taxes May Not Be Your Income for Child Support (or Spousal Support)
Parents who pay child support, and some parents who receive child support, are can be very surprised, when a judge, arbitrator, or lawyer acting as a...
When Can You Legally Stop Your Ex From Seeing the Kids?
When parents do not separate on good terms, they often have concerns about the other parent’s priorities – particularly when very young children or in...
Travelling with Kids After Separation
One of, if not the most, frequent calls that family lawyers get from a panicked parent comes when a vacation is days away and the other parent won’t s...
How to Give to Your Kids But Not Their Spouses
With the prices of everything going up, especially the costs of first time homes, but also care, furniture and even diapers, may parents of adult chil...
Why Would A Judge Refuse to Grant a Divorce?
Getting an uncontested or simple divorce is thought by many to be a straightforward process. As a result many people who try to do their divorce on t...
How the Crazy Real Estate Market Affects Divorce and Separation
The housing market, with its rapidly rising real estate prices, has been a topic of conversation across Canada. It has also been a subject of interes...
Do You Have A Duty to Call the Children's Aid Society?
There is no question that child abuse and neglect is a terrible thing that can have long lasting impacts, even ruin the entire lives of child victims....