From his shaved head and striped jumpsuit to his withering limbs, Warren Jeffs no longer resembles the exalted man and prophet who ruled the polygamous sect known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, including Canada's FLDS community in Creston, B.C., called Bountiful.

However, looks are...

Telling your spouse you want a divorce is always a difficult moment. Many men and women simply don't have the guts to say it as it is, so they take the coward's way out by living their lives as if they were single.

Meanwhile, their spouses are experiencing waves of...

Unless you live in small town Canadiana, there are plenty of divorce lawyers to choose from when your world comes crashing down and you become a victim of divorce. It is no exaggeration to say that in many cases, a divorce is worse than the death of a spouse.

In...

Parents who fight over child custody and access bring out the worst in themselves and often poison their children along the way. Divorce lawyers who are stuck in the middle of high conflict family disputes often remind their clients that children deserve both a mother and a father, and that...

Don't we all like to think that if divorce was in our future, our uncoupling would be civilized, respectful and rational? For many divorcing spouses it can be that way, particularly where there are no children and minimal assets. However, all the best intentions for an amicable parting can quickly...

It should come as no surprise to anyone that many Canadians cannot afford a lawyer. In fact, lawyers often joke that if they had to pay a lawyer, they too couldn't afford it. Nowhere is this dilemma more obvious than in family courts.

It is now commonplace to see self-represented...

Family law lawyers across Canada will tell you the payment of spousal support or alimony (as it was once called) is still the most difficult issue to resolve between divorcing spouses.

Up until 2006 spousal support awards were notoriously inconsistent. The outcome of a spousal support case depended on what...

A legal phenomenon called collaborative divorce is sweeping across North America and is being sold as the answer to the age-old question: "How can we get divorced quickly, fairly and cheaply?" Family law lawyers who have embraced the doctrine of collaboration are effusive in their praise and defense of this...

Hal Neumann had a great life, running a successful business in Saanich, British Columbia, until Canada Revenue Agency investigators showed up at his home one morning with two police officers and a search warrant.

Mr. Neumann was the President of Vantage Equipment Company Ltd., a company that bought...

It was announced on Thursday that Madam Justice Lori Douglas, referred to as Canada's "bondage judge," will face a public inquiry to determine whether she is fit to continue as a Superior Court judge.

The unsavoury events leading to the inquiry unraveled last fall when Douglas, the Associate Chief Justice...

Men in British Columbia who might have altruistically donated sperm to an infertile or same-sex couple may wish to think twice in light of last month's landmark B.C. Supreme Court decision, (Pratten v. British Columbia 2011 BCSC (656)) which banned the practice of anonymous sperm donation, a first...

Canada's system of family law is decimating us, one family at a time.

With nearly 40 per cent of Canadian marriages ending in divorce, our next government needs to stop the bleeding, financial and emotional.

Our adversarial court system pits husband against wife in a dangerous game...

A silence hangs over the city of Vancouver this morning. Yesterday's buoyant elevator conversation among strangers wearing blue jerseys has ended.

There is a palpable sense of embarrassment as downtown workers return to the scene of the crime, where the aftermath of last night's riot is evident. Shards of broken...

Dateline USA: "Judge Breaks Up Courtroom Attack"; "Judge Severely Injured by Knife Attack in Courtroom"; "Man Charged With Attacking Wife in Court Over Child Support".

British Columbia's sheriffs, responsible for protecting B.C.'s 44 courthouses and thousands of British Columbians who have business in court, including judges, lawyers, court staff and...