The New Canadian Mortgage Rules

The New Canadian Mortgage Rules

The past 18 months have seen two very opposite financial trends in Canada – the ubiquitous “World Financial Crisis” on the one hand, and the red-hot Canadian real estate market on the other.  On April 19 2010, the Federal Government issued new rules for mortgage...
What is Custody? by Kurt E. Schlachter

What is Custody? by Kurt E. Schlachter

I am frequently asked to define the word “custody” because I find that parties to potential family law proceedings are quite ill-informed in that regard.  In short, custody does not mean who the children of the parties’ relationship will reside with.  Residency is but...