Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
On February 7, 2020, as headlines around the world – and many of us — were preoccupied with the early days of COVID-19, Jennifer Kagan reluctantly sent her four-year-old daughter, Keira, off for her scheduled time with her father. Reluctantly, Continue reading A damning report: part one
Dawn Walker’s decision last summer to take her child and disappear puts her in the good company of many mothers who find themselves facing criminal and family law systems that do not understand the realities of intimate partner abuse. It Continue reading No other choice
Dawn Dumont Walker was released on bail last week after being charged with parental abduction and public mischief. Why? Because she created false identities for herself and her son, then took him across the border from Saskatchewan, where they lived, Continue reading Running for their lives
There are a few themes in family law that just won’t go away, no matter how often and thoroughly they are debunked and dismissed. Parental alienation is one, made infamous by psychiatrist Richard Gardner more than 30 years ago. It Continue reading The presumption that just won’t go away