By Marlene Kazman, LL.B.  Your child is contemplating separation and divorce from their spouse. How can you help? The first thing you can do to help is help, not hinder.  If your child has bad feelings and resentment towards their spouse, that is their issue; not your issue to fight.  If there are grandchildren involved, it is...Read More

In Toronto, different people have different family issues that need to be sorted out in a responsible manner by family lawyers. Therefore, make sure that you are hiring the most trusted, reliable, and well-versed Toronto-based family lawyers to resolve your family law matters as speedily and competently as possible. In that context, Garfin Zeidenberg LLP...Read More

By Martin K. Zeidenberg | Partner | Garfin Zeidenberg LLP Planning for your own death is a difficult concept to embrace. Often times, we do not think about how our loved ones will be affected once we die. Proper planning ensures that upon your death, your assets are distributed according to your wishes. It is...Read More

By Shannon LaFontaine LL.B. When I first chose law as a profession, I told everyone I never intended to pursue a career in family law. During law school, I actively avoided anything to do with the subject. I had heard horror stories about how combative and volatile the area is, and how stressed and depressed...Read More

Listen to the podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1775868/8858581 Melissa was born in Toronto and grew up in the City of Markham. Prior to her legal studies, she graduated with an honors degree in Business Administration from York University. She thereafter attended the University Of Detroit Mercy School Of Law in Detroit, Michigan, where she graduated in 2010 with...Read More

By John T. Syrtash, Associate, Garfin Zeidenberg LLP, a Toronto family law lawyer for the past 39 years (see www.freemychild.ca). When a couple separates, the payor of “periodic” spousal support is entitled under the Income Tax Act of Canada to deduct the amounts he pays his spouse from his taxable income. The support recipient must include this spousal...Read More

By AILIN HE, LL.B., MSc The amendments to the federal Divorce Act came into force on March 1, 2021. The following is a summary of important changes: 1. Terminology: “custody” and “access” have been replaced with “decision making responsibility” and “parenting time”; 2. Family dispute resolution: lawyers must inform and encourage clients to participate in...Read More