Domestic Violence Pioneer Erin Pizzey Featured in New DV Documentary

November 29, 2023 – Erin Pizzey founded the first domestic violence shelter in the world, in Chiswick, London in 1971. When Pizzey asked the women in her shelter about their violence, she discovered that most of them were equally or even more violent than their husbands. Pizzey concluded that women are as capable of partner …

Child Support Court Challenge: Parents Wait for Decision

By Rob Armstrong As the author of a federal petition to update the Canadian child support guidelines, I was invited to attend the court challenge to the guidelines via WebEx in Alberta last week (December 2-4, 2020). The case was put forward by a team of lawyers and economists that has been tenacious in pursuing …

Child Support Court Challenge

By Rob Armstrong An Alberta man, Roland Auer, is challenging the legitimacy of the Federal Child Support guidelines in Edmonton Court on December 2, 2020. If Mr. Auer is successful; the implications for more than one million divorced parents would be significant. It is hard to underscore just how significant this case is and what …

Covid 19 & Family Law Reform

Covid-19 demands parent and child centred reforms based on equal shared parenting. Separating and divorcing parents in Ontario are facing more delays to a family court system already backlogged, Suspension of most court sittings means further delays Some parents reported waiting years for custody trial dates. Now COVID-19 pandemic delays threaten to practically end some …

South Dakota shared parenting bill passes

The South Dakota state legislature has passed a shared parenting rebuttable presumption bill by a vote of 42 to 25. You can find a news story on the bill here. A rebuttable presumption means that in separation and divorce, both parents equally keep their parenting time, status and responsibilities unless otherwise (i.e. sole custody) is …

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