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SNIPPETS: An random selection of recently decided cases in summary form Snippets Main Table of Contents Caveat and Note About Sources Child Support Guideline (CSG) Cases Child Support Guideline (CSG) Cases - Prior to Jan/98 Non-Guideline Child Support Cases Spousal Support Cases Spousal Support Cases - Prior to Jan/98 Custody and Access Cases Miscellaneous Cases CAVEAT Back to Contents The brief notes below are summaries of recently released decisions as well as from digests and reports set out more fully in a variety of sources including the relatively new Syrtash Family Law Newsletter (one of the QuickLaw databases found as SFLN), the monthly Ontario Family Law Reporter, the case summaries found at the end of both The Lawyers Weekly and the Law Times weekly legal newspapers and the public press. The summaries here are done for general information by the Family Law Centre and are not the responsibility of any of those sources. As these are only synopses and summaries they should not be relied upon as an accurate description of the law contained in the actual judgments referred to. Always check the actual report before relying upon a comment set out below. If you have access to QuickLaw, you will be able to find the excellent Syrtash Family Law Newsletter (SFLN) with John Syrtash's full summary and comments along with the report of the case itself. That is the most direct way to get the written decision of any case without obtaining a copy from the lawyers involved or the court office. Both The Lawyers Weekly and The Law Times have fax services which will send you copies of the decision at a charge. Many of the cases set out below will eventually be reported in the regular print legal reports and available from your local law library. I am gratefully indebted to Shelagh Mathers of Campbell & Mathers, in Picton, Ontario, for her assistance in compiling the cases found below. Shelagh has been in practice since 1988 and serves clients in Prince Edward County and surrounding areas. You can reach her by phone at (613)476-2366 and by fax at (613)476-6064. You can also e-mail Shelagh directly. The Family Law Centre will not be able to supply copies of full judgements. To get further information if you are not a lawyer with access to the sources referred to above, you are advised to retain one to do the research you want or to follow up on anything you find of interest below. Note: The designation means that the summary is new and is the most recently added case or group of cases to the section, not necessarily that the case is more recent than the others noted below it. Back to Contents THE FLC SNIPPETS INDEX Child Support Guideline (CSG) Cases Non-Guideline Child Support Issues Spousal Support Issues Custody and Access Issues Miscellaneous Cases k Please see Cases and Commentaries for the Internet's largest collection of free commentaries, papers and case notes onfamily law issues.
As mentioned above, the FLC will not be able to supply full copies of the cases commented upon above. Check with a lawyer who will be able to look into the sources referred to and do the research you need. If you know of any case you think should be included to the listing above, please send me an e-mail with the information. Thanks, Joel Miller.