Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
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
I don’t often read a family court decision that makes me jump for joy, but a recent decision by Justice Renu Mandhane of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice did just that. In this case, Justice Mandhane recognizes a new Continue reading Making new law
When seven-year-old Sarah Jackson headed off to spend time with her father in mid-November, she and her mother assumed she would be back at the end of the scheduled visitation time. Instead, her father fled with her because, unlike her Continue reading Courts & vaccines for kids
Women who have left relationships in which their partners have abused them are often reluctant to disclose this information to their lawyer when they begin a family law case. For many, the abuse is a long-kept family secret. They carry Continue reading HELP is here!