LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday October 19, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law.

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In difficult custody cases, a Court may request that the Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL) become involved to investigate and make recommendations to the Court or to provide legal representation for a child.

The OCL is an Ontario government agency that employs lawyers and social workers. It works to provide independent information to the Court about a child’s needs, wishes and legal interests.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Quoteworthy: On Joint Custody

National Post's Barbara Kay, arguing for family law reform to establish "equal parenting as the default custody presumption (in the absence of abuse) after separation:"

Decades ago women told men they had to take more responsibility for active parenting. They listened. Fathers have earned the moral right to equality of involvement in their children's lives in post-separation agreements as a matter of social justice. It is now up to our legislatures and judiciary to assume responsibility for establishing an equal-parenting presumption in law,

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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