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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.A unique and practical conversation featuring the Honourable Justice Gilmore and the Honourable Justice Nakonechny, exploring the key similarities and differences between spousal support in family law and dependant’s support in estates law.
This engaging session will walk participants through a fact scenario and offer a comparative analysis of how the law is applied in both areas. The panel will provide valuable insights from the Bench, addressing common challenges and nuanced questions that arise in support proceedings — both during a spouse’s lifetime and after death.
Participants will gain practical tools, hear judicial perspectives, and deepen their understanding of how to navigate overlapping issues in family and estates law.
Whether you practice in family law, estates law, (or both!,) this program offers essential knowledge you can immediately apply in your practice.
Graduated from University of Toronto with an Honours B.A. with a speciality in French and a major in English. Graduated from University of Windsor Law School in 1992. Worked as a partner in Gilmore & Gilmore Law Office until her appointment to the bench in 2008. Practice areas included criminal law, family law and estates and trusts.
Justice Gilmore sits in Toronto and has presided over a large variety of civil, criminal and family cases since her appointment. She was the President of the Ontario Superior Court Judges’ Association from December 2014 to June 2017 and sitting Past President until June 2019. Justice Gilmore has passed the Level C civil servant French exam which permits her to hear trials in French and has been a regular educational panel member on evidentiary and advocacy issues.
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