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Jointly Retained Engagements – Valuations Perspective
by Trevor Hood Original post: https://sbpartners.ca/jointly-retained-engagements We are often asked to be jointly retained in […]
Selling a Business in an Economic Downturn, To Buy or Sell – This is the Question
by Trevor Hood Original post: https://sbpartners.ca/selling-a-business-in-an-economic-downturn/ Selling your business in an economic downturn and trying […]
The Impact of COVID-19 on Business Valuations
by Ian Lobo Original post: https://sbpartners.ca/business-valuations-and-covid-19/ SB Partners Valuations Division participated in a Virtual Town [...]
Child Support Payments and Eligibility for the Dependant Tax Credit
By Bronwen Bruch How support payment details can enable or impede claims of an eligible […]
“High Income” Families and Spousal Support
By Marian Gage We should talk more about high income spousal support cases. I’m not […]
Does it matter if “I do?” What if “I don’t?”
By Marian Gage The Angus Reid Institute recently published a poll indicating more than half […]
Whistle While You Work
By Noel N. da Silva Happy Days. Just like Fonzie, Richie and the rest of […]
All for One… One for All – Collaborative Process OR Collaborative Lifestyle
by Marty Klein In 2007, after twenty-three, war-torn years of litigation, I just knew that […]
Ontario to change child support law to give adult children with disabilities access to parental cash
By Diane Staples Right now, the law in Ontario states that adult children of married […]
Tired of Reading About the “Housing Bubble?” Me Too.
By Marian Gage The cost of housing has become a big issue for families who […]
Acknowledging Fear
By Noel da Silva There is no getting around the role that fear plays in […]
Learning from our Clients – The requirement for a Standard Participation Agreement
by Marian Gage As Collaborative practitioners we receive our most important feedback from the clients […]
Focus On….a Financial Professional
By Marian Gage, Family Law Lawyer Focus on…a Financial Professional Money is a big concern […]
Focus On: The Family Professional
By Marian Gage, Family Law Lawyer One of the most appealing qualities in the Collaborative […]
Outside the Box: Using the Collaborative Process for Collaborative Agreements and Marriage Contracts
By Marian Gage When a potential client comes to me for the first time, already-drafted […]
Marriage: One, Two or More
Here’s a link to an article that Marian Gage, Family Law Lawyer, and Kathryn Jankowski, […]
The Second Marriage: Financial Considerations
If you are going through the divorce process the first thought after reading the title […]
Custody: The Empty Battle
By Paul Steckley I’m often asked about the importance of obtaining custody of a child […]
The Collaborative Process: A One-Stop Shop for Resolving…
Marie Nickle LL.B LL.M Acc.Fm The Collaborative process is my favourite alternate dispute resolution process. […]
Financial Disclosure in Family Law
By Kathryn Jankowski, B.A., CFP, FDS, FCSI Chances are, if you are reading this post, […]
Family Law Disclosure
By Paul Steckley I’m reminded of a situation that really brings home the importance of […]
Dealing with Self-Represented Litigant: The Benefits of Mediation and ADR
By Fareen L. Jamal and Jesse Lamont Occasionally, clients are faced with situations where their […]
The Collaborative Process: A One-Stop Shop
By Marie Nickle, LL.B., LL.M, Acc.Fm. The Collaborative Process is my favourite dispute resolution process […]
Divorce and Financial Credit: What you don’t know can hurt you!
You have struggled with the emotional and psychological issues of our divorce and now it’s […]
Divorce ~ The Importance of Disclosure
By Paul K. Steckley The Collaborative Process is unique in that fostering a strong working […]
How Separated Parents Could Think About Mother’s Day and Father’s Day…
By Marian Gage I just celebrated my seventh Mother’s Day as a mother. As always, […]
Mediation: Why It’s Better To Help Each Other Climb The Mountain
By Meredith Cox Depending on how the day has unfolded I may indulge in N.C.I.S. […]
The Stigma of Divorce
By Kathryn Jankowski Statistics Canada released new 2012 data stating that 40% of all marriages […]
Tax Tips for Separating Spouses
By Bronwen Bruch Financial Professionals on a Collaborative Team provide expertise around the financial ramifications […]
Moving On…
By Marie Nickle We have to accept, as Collaborative Professionals, that the Collaborative process is […]
Kevin O’Leary’s Cold Hard Truth on Collaborative Divorces
By Meredith Cox Kevin O’Leary is everywhere. On the internet, on the radio, on bookshelves […]
January Divorces
By Kathryn Jankowski, B.A., CFP, FMA, FDS, FCSI Vice President & Financial Divorce Specialist It […]
Involving Collaborative Lawyers in the Mediation Process
by Marie Nickle LL.B LL.M AccFm One of the problems with the mediation process is […]
Trends: Census Data on Families, Households and Marital Status
By Fareen L. Jamal On September 19, 2012, Statistics Canada released the 2011 Census data […]
The “Gray” Divorce
By Kathryn Jankowski People of all ages divorce but there seems to be a rise […]
The Emotional Divorce
by Fareen Jamal “What separates those who can obtain a smart divorce from those who can’t is […]
Lofty Collaborative Goals
By Diane F. Daly There are a small number of family law matters that head […]
“The Good Karma Divorce” as a Prescription for Successful Collaborative Family Law Outcomes
By Meredith Cox In addition to all the bad things we associate with the advent […]
BRIDGING THE GAP: Have Lawyers Priced Themselves Out of the Market?
By Marie Nickle Most family law court matters settle before trial and many of those […]
Collaborative Family Law Saves Resources in the Future
By Christine A. Torry Like many of my colleagues, I have learned some fundamental truths […]
Client Satisfaction and the Collaborative Law Experience
By Fareen L. Jamal and Jessie Lamont Lawyers report the practise of family law litigation […]
Ms. Steele and Mr. Grey: Suitable for mediation/collaborative practice model?
By Karen Thompson-Harry, B.A.(Hons), JD Is there anyone out there who has not heard of […]
The Collaborative Team: Does the Financial Professional just act as a number cruncher?
by Bronwen Bruch, BMath, CMA, FDS The answer to this question would […]
Collaborative Family Law: A Safe Place to Have Difficult Conversations
by Fareen Jamal I read an interesting account of one woman’s […]
The Collaborative Process: Or Who Are You And What Have You Done With My Lawyer?
By Marie Nickle This process is a vehicle for lawyers to actually provide a meaningful […]
Finances go beyond Valuation Date
By Bronwen Bruch It seems so simple! Divide the property in half, use the guidelines […]
ANGER!
By Beverley Martel The Collaborative Process is based on full disclosure and mutual respect. Parties […]
Bringing on the Collaborative during a Litigious Divorce!
By Kathryn Jankowski Some judges ask collaboratively trained professionals to attempt to bring the ‘essence’ […]
Lessons for Collaborative Clients and Practitioners
by Diane Daly In many years of collaborative practice, I’ve had only one really, over […]
A Recipe for the Collaborative Process
by Meredith Cox I have to get on the bandwagon and write about the latest […]
Collaborative Family Law Practitioners Are The Good Guys!
by Christine Torry There is a tendency, I find, for the public to see lawyers […]
Enlightened Parents Choose Collaborative Family Law
by Fareen Jamal Parents who would never harm a hair on their child’s head, often […]
Communication
How many clients have experienced the frustration of negotiating terms of a Separation Agreement with their spouse in […]
Mudslinging and Collaborative Law
Over 30 years ago, I handled my first hotly contentious matrimonial file. After listening to […]
Confidentiality and the Collaborative Divorce Process
I was a grocery store line up the other day maximizing my wait time by […]
Divorce ~ The Collaborative Way
I call collaborative divorce the “holistic approach” to divorce. Many, when faced with divorce, feel […]
Family Law and the Participation Agreement
The Participation Agreement The participation agreement is a fundamental element of every collaborative process. This […]