The British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld a lower court decision concerning the consideration of Indigenous heritage with all other factors for adoption of a First Nations, Métis or Inuit child. While Indigenous heritage is important, it is just one factor to be weighed in determining the best interests of the child.
Commentary from Globe and Mail; CBC
Decision: M.M. v. T.B. , 2017 BCCA 296
It’s not often that parties are found in contempt in family proceedings. Behaviour has to be extremely egregious to warrant a contempt finding. That’s what Justice Doyle decided in Delichte v. Rogers, 2017 MBQB 117.
[1] The mother and the father have engaged in high conflict family litigation for over 13 years. During this period, 616 documents have been filed in regard to the many contentious proceedings that have come before this court.
There can be so much tension in family proceedings as both sides try to do what they feel is in the best interests of their children. At some point the court must step in and put a halt to it.
The Ontario Court of Appeal released a decision on how to apply the Succession Law Reform Act where a husband had been ordered to purchase life insurance to cover his obligations for support. The husband remarried, and changed the beneficiaries of the account to include the second wife and children and of the second marriage. After his death, Wife 1 and Wife 2 claimed entitlement to the insurance proceeds.
Decision: Dagg v. Cameron Estate 2017 ONCA 366
Commentary: From The Lawyer’s Daily: Appeal Decision Shines Light
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