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Ontario Family Violence Help: What You Need to Know
“Family violence” is a term that includes many different forms of physical or psychological abuse or neglect. It can be experienced by adults or children in a family. Many forms of family violence are crimes, including: physical abuse (such as hitting, punching, kicking, burning, cutting, stabbing, forcibly confining or shooting); sexual abuse (such as any […]
How Far Should the Concept of “Violence” Go?
In one of my more popular posts from a while ago In Family Law, Can Text Messages Amount to “Violence”? we discussed a case called Menchella v. Menchella http://canlii.ca/t/ftmth in which the court concluded that the husband’s relentless and abusive texting to the wife amounted to “violence” for the purposes of the Ontario Family Law Act. […]
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“Family Violence” vs. Crime – What’s the Difference?
“Family Violence” vs. Crime – What’s the Difference? Anyone who has ever watched a CSI-type television show is familiar with the concept of violent crime, and the repercussions to those who commit it. Our country’s Criminal Code of Canada categorizes culpable violence into crimes like assault, battery, and sexual assault; if a person is convicted, […]
Allegations of Abuse in Family Law Cases – An Ontario Judge Speaks Up
In a post a few weeks ago, “Some Words of Wisdom from an Ontario Family Judge” , I quoted from the judgment of Mr. Justice Conlan in A.A.-L. v. M.L., who lamented over the “sad case” that he was asked to hear in his family law courtroom. In a second decision, rendered only a few weeks […]
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