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How to keep gifted down payments safe in separation
Family law

Down payment gifts and separation

by Sarah G. Mizrahi, Associate How a child, and their parents, can keep gifted down-payments safe in a separation Let’s start by pointing out the obvious: New homebuyers are facing a very different kind of social and economic landscape when buying their home. The fact is,  housing prices in many parts of Canada continue to […]

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Family law

FROM THE LAWYER’S DAILY: Family Law amendment should have happened long ago

From this week’s Lawyer’s Daily: The Ontario government has introduced an amendment to the province’s Family Law Act that would make all children with disabilities eligible for child support regardless of whether their parents were ever married. “Our government believes that everyone is entitled to the financial support they need regardless of the makeup of their family,”

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