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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.This presentation by Aaron Franks and Roslyn M. Tsao provides a current review of family law case developments, with a focus on parenting jurisdiction, habitual residence, Hague Convention return proceedings, interim relocation, support, property, and procedural issues. It outlines key legal frameworks including s. 22 of the Children’s Law Reform Act, the Divorce Act best interests analysis, publication ban and anonymization principles, and core doctrines affecting support, equalization, trusts, disclosure, and litigation procedure. The case law discussed addresses how courts approach habitual residence in non Hague matters, refugee claims in the context of child return applications, interim relocation after Diallo v. Bah, support entitlement and SSAG issues, and a range of property and procedural questions including privilege, credibility, adjournments, and costs. Its practical takeaway is a useful update on recent authorities and on the procedural and strategic considerations that can affect family law litigation.
Aaron has a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the University of British Columbia. He graduated from the Joint M.B.A./LL.B Program at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Shulich School of Business in 1996 and was called to the bar in 1998. Since his call to the bar, he has practiced exclusively in the areas of family law (and related areas) and the defense of solicitor’s negligence claims. He has been an Adjunct Professor (Family Law) at the University of Toronto Law School and at Osgoode Hall Law School. He was formerly an instructor with the Family Law Section of the Bar Admission Course, and he is a Dispute Resolution Officer for the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto. He has co-authored “This Week in Family Law” (Carswell) since January 2020. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Reports of Family Law (Carswell) since January of 2000 and was Associate Editor starting in 2005. Aaron is a regular contributor/speaker at continuing legal education programs, and he has authored papers and chapters in several publications on family law issues. He is regularly retained to mediate and/or arbitrate family law matters. Aaron is listed in the Lexpert (“most frequently recommended”) and Best Lawyers directories; ranked in Chambers & Partners Global High Net Worth Guide in Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth (Canada); Doyle’s Canadian Guides for Leading Family Lawyers and American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a member of the Planning Committee for the bi-annual National Family Law Program run by the Federation of Canadian Law Societies, and was previously Co-Chair of the Six Minute Family Lawyer for 8 years, and on the Board of the Advocates’ Society.
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