On behalf of Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in High Asset Divorce on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. Money is often the most contentious issue in a divorce settlement. A separating couple seldom agrees on what is fair, especially when the split is far from amicable. Even when …
Same-sex exes denied child custody in Michigan rulings
On behalf of Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in Family Law on Monday, September 5, 2016. When a couple decides to separate or divorce, there are many legal details to be settled. Sometimes the most contentious is child custody. Although any case can be complicated, two recent rulings …
Boomer separations lead to complex asset division
On behalf of Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in High Asset Divorce on Friday, September 2, 2016. When long-married individuals look around their homes, most see many things accrued during their marriages. These are all considered assets legally, and couples who stay married into their golden years …
Policing a child custody dispute in Canada
On behalf of Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in Family Law on Tuesday, August 9, 2016. One of the least pleasant aspects of divorce is figuring out what happens in regards to the children involved. Sometimes child custody arguments linger long after the actual divorce has been …
Breastfeeding 4 year old cited as designed to frustrate father’s parenting time
On behalf of Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in Divorce Mediation on Tuesday, August 9, 2016. The judge overseeing an unusually contentious divorce in British Columbia hopes that his decision to step away from the case may prompt the couple to try harder to resolve their issues. …
What happens to the family pet in a divorce?
On behalf of Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in Family Law on Monday, July 18, 2016. Pets are real parts of many families. Just look at all the posts on social media about people’s “fur babies.” According to estimates from the Canadian Animal Health Institute, in 2014, …
Factors Alberta courts consider in mobility applications
On behalf of Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in Family Law on Monday, July 11, 2016. Here we continue our discussion thread from our last two posts about the law surrounding a request by a Canadian parent with substantial custody of a child to move away with …
Mobility Applications in Alberta courts
In our last post, we talked about parental relocation and the legal issues that arise when a divorced parent wants to move away and take his or her child along to the new home, away from the community in which the other parent lives. This presents especially thorny issues when …
Child mobility: when an Alberta custodial parent wants to move
On behalf of Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in Family Law on Thursday, June 30, 2016. In Canadian society today, moving to a new town, a different province or even another country for a new job, a promotion or a relationship, is not uncommon. Of course, relocation …
Setting the course for a positive relationship after divorce
On behalf of Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in Collaborative Law on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Divorce can be amicable, even if it is difficult. Especially when the divorcing spouses will need to co-parent their children after the split, there is a growing interest in Canada for …