FAMILY LAW CASE SUMMARIES

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DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY .......................................................................................................................... 1

Civil Marriage Act, S.C. 2005, c. 33 ................................................................................................................................. 1
Civil Marriage of Non-Residents Act, S.C. 2013, c. 32 .................................................................................................... 1
Reference re Same-Sex Marriage and Family, [2004] 3 S.C.R. 698 .................................................................. 1
M v. H., [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3 ................................................................................................................................... 2
Quebec (Attorney General) v. A., 2013 SCC 5.................................................................................................... 2
Kerr v. Baranow and Vanasse v. Seguin. [2011] 1 S.C.R. 269 ........................................................................... 2
Joint Family Venture (JFV) ............................................................................................................... 3

FAMILY VIOLENCE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v. Canada (A-G), [2004] 2 S.C.R. 76 ........................ 3

DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS ........................................................................................................................................................... 4

JURISDICTION OF COURTS IN DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS ...................................................................................... 4

Rothgiesser v. Rothgiesser, [2000] O.J. No. 33 ................................................................................................. 4

BARS TO DIVORCE ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Bruker v. Marcovitz, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 607........................................................................................................... 4

SPOUSAL SUPPORT ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Moge v. Moge, [1992] 3 S.C.R. 813 .................................................................................................................... 5
Bracklow v. Bracklow, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420 ....................................................................................................... 5
Miglin v. Miglin, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 303 ................................................................................................................ 6
Boston v. Boston, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 413 ................................................................................................................ 6
Tierney-Hynes v Hynes (2005), 75 OR (3d) 737 (CA) ...................................................................................... 7
Leskun v. Leskun, [2006] 1 S.C.R. No. 920 ........................................................................................................ 7
Fisher v. Fisher, [2008] ONCA 11 ..................................................................................................................... 7
Davis v. Crawford, 2001 ONCA 294 .................................................................................................................. 7
Grosman v. Cookson, 2012 ONCA 551 .............................................................................................................. 8
Decaen v. Decaen, 2013 ONCA 218 .................................................................................................................. 8
Chart Overview: Spousal Support FLA Part III and DA s. 15.2 ........................................................................................ 9

CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS ...................................................................................................................................................... 10

Child Support Guidelines; Federal vs. Provincial ............................................................................................................ 10
De Sommer v. Martin, 2012 ONCA 535 ........................................................................................................... 10
Chartier v. Chartier, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 242 ....................................................................................................... 11
Wright v. Zaver, [2002] O.J. No. 1098 .............................................................................................................. 11
MacArthur v. Demers, [1999] O.J. No. 5868 ................................................................................................... 12
Lewi v. Lewi, [2006] O.J. No. 1847 ................................................................................................................. 13
Francis v. Baker, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 250 .............................................................................................................. 13
R. v. R., [2002] O.J. No. 1095 ........................................................................................................................... 13
Contino v. Leonelli-Contino, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 217 ............................................................................................ 14
A.M.D. v. A.J.P., [2002] O.J. No. 3731, sub nom. Drygala v. Pauli (2002) ................................................. 15

RETROACTIVE CHILD SUPPORT .............................................................................................................................. 15

D.B.S. v. S.R.G., L.J.W. v. T.A.R., Henry v. Henry, Hiemstra v. Hiemstra, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 231 .................... 15

VARIATION, RECISSION OR SUSPENSION OF COROLLARY SUPPORT ORDERS .................................................... 17

Child Support Guidelines, s. 14 ...................................................................................................................................... 17
L.M.P. v. L.S., [2011] 3 SCR 775 .................................................................................................................... 17
R.P., v. R.C., [2011] 3 SCR 819 ...................................................................................................................... 17

INTERJURISDICTIONAL SUPPORT ORDERS ...................................................................................................................... 17

Ontario Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c.13 ..................................................................... 17
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CUSTODY AND ACCESS ............................................................................................................................................................ 18

Chart Overview: Custody and Access CLRA Part III and DA s. 16 ................................................................................ 18
Gordon v. Goertz,[1996] 2 S.C.R. 27 .............................................................................................................. 18
Berry v. Berry, 2011 ONCA 705 ....................................................................................................................... 19
Overview of Mobility Rights: Applications to Relocate & Interim Relocation .............................................................. 20
Van de Perre v. Edwards, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 1014 .............................................................................................. 20
Kaplanis v. Kaplanis, [2005] O.J. No. 275 ....................................................................................................... 21
Ladissa v. Ladissa, [2005] O.J. No 276 ............................................................................................................ 21
V.K. v. T.S., 2011 ONSC 4303 .......................................................................................................................... 21
Stefureak v. Chambers. [2004] O.J. No. 4253................................................................................................... 22
Decaen v. Decaen, 2013 ONCA 218 ................................................................................................................ 22

THE ONTARIO CHILDREN’S LAW REFORM ACT (CLRA) ............................................................................................. 22

PART I: EQUAL STATUS OF CHILDREN (Abolition of Illegitimacy) ...................................................................... 22

CLRA s. 1; Rule of Parentage ........................................................................................................................ 22
CLRA s. 2 Rule of Construction ..................................................................................................................... 22

PART II: ESTABLISHMENT OF PARENTAGE [CLRA ss. 3-17] ............................................................................... 23

A.A. v. B.B., [2007] O.J. No. 2 ........................................................................................................................ 23

CHILD ABUDCTION; s. 46 CLRA (The Hague Convention) ....................................................................................... 23

Thompson v. Thompson, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 551 ................................................................................................. 23

PART III: CHILD CUSTODY, ACCESS AND GUARDIANSHIP ............................................................................... 24

Perron v. Perron, 2012 ONCA 811 .................................................................................................................. 24
Dovigi v. Razi, 2012 ONCA 361 ....................................................................................................................... 24

OWNERSHIP AND EQUALIZATION OF FAMILY PROPERTY (PART 1 FLA) ............................................................. 24

DOMESTIC CONTRACTS (Reappropriation of Assets) ............................................................................................... 24

Part IV of FLA, s. 51 ....................................................................................................................................... 25
Hartshorne v. Harshorne, [2004] 1 S.C.R. 550 ................................................................................................ 25
Rick v. Brandsema, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 295........................................................................................................... 25

OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; RESULTING AND CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS ...................................................... 26

Rawluk v. Rawluk, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 70 .............................................................................................................. 26
McNamee v. McNamee, 2011 ONCA 533 ........................................................................................................ 27

EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY ON EQUALIZATION OF NET FAMILY PROPERTIES ............................................. 28

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c B-3 ...................................................................................... 28
Schreyer v. Schreyer, 2011 SCC 35 .................................................................................................................. 29
Baker v. Csori, 2012 ONSC 231 ....................................................................................................................... 29

UNEQUAL DIVISION OF NET FAMILY PROPERTIES ............................................................................................ 29

Serra v. Serra, 2009 ONCA 105 ....................................................................................................................... 29

POSSESSION & DISPOSITION OF MATRIMONIAL HOME (PART II FLA) ................................................................. 30

OCCUPATION RENT AND ACCOUNTING CLAIMS ............................................................................................... 30

Higgins v. Higgins., [2001] O.J. No. 3011 ....................................................................................................... 30

PARTITION AND SALE ................................................................................................................................................ 31

Martin v. Martin, (1992), 8 O.R., (3rd) 41 (C.A.) ............................................................................................. 31

SEVERANCE OF JOINT TENANACY ......................................................................................................................... 31

Hansen Estate v. Hansen, 2012 ONCA 112 .................................................................................................... 31

DOMESTIC CONTRACTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 32

SETTING ASIDE DOMSTIC CONTRACTS ................................................................................................................. 32

LeVan v. LeVan, [2008] O.J. No. 1905, 51 R.F.L. (6th) 237 (C.A.) ................................................................. 32