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- Legal Aid Ontario Funding Cuts: A Repost from SLAW
In its recent announcement of a 30% cut to the funding of Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), the Government of Ontario claimed that its decision would only have a minimal impact on access to justice and LAO’s ability to offer legal services to the most vulnerable. However, as the blog post below suggests, it … Read more »
- Are Residential Tenancy Agreements Binding Contracts Before the Tenancies Commence? A Case Comment on Adam v HomeEd
By: Ryan Magh and Sarah Eadie Tenancies of residential premises are governed by the provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act[1] (“RTA”). In Alberta, landlords and tenants often assume that those provisions do not fully govern their relationship until the tenant takes possession of the rental prop … Read more »
- Alberta Expands Child Support Rules for Children Who Have Reached the Age of Majority
On December 11, 2018, the Family Statutes Amendment Act came into force in Alberta, amending several pieces of legislation. This post focuses on one important change arising from the Family Statutes Amendment Act: it amends the Family Law Act to close a legislative gap respecting the child support o … Read more »
- Proposed Amendments to the 34 year-old Federal Divorce Act Receive Stamp of Approval in the House of Commons
On February 6, 2019, the House of Commons completed its third reading of and passed Bill C-78. The focus of the Bill is to protect families and children from negative outcomes resulting from divorce and separation. Bill C-78 proposes amendments to four acts, but perhaps the most talked about are the … Read more »
- Polyamorous Relationships: Judicial Recognition of More Than Two Parents
In a recent Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court case known as CC (Re)[1], two male partners applied for a declaratory order of parentage of the newborn child of their female partner. The three adults were all in a polyamorous relationship together, and the two men requested that they both be dec … Read more »