Robert Sarro argued in B.C. Supreme Court that his ex-wife Gina Sarro should give up her artistic dreams, and earn more income. When the couple divorced in 2011, Justice N. Smith gave Ms. Sarro three years to establish her art career. Her spousal support entitlement, which then totalled $3,700 per…
The friendly divorce can happen. According to Joanna Pachner, author of “The Friendly Divorce” (Chatelaine, April 2015 issue), couples can separate from each other without it resulting in the trauma of breaking up of the family unit. Pachner describes going through a “divorce revolution”. The revolution involves re-working expectations for…
The mother of a boy conceived through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) has been ordered to pay her ex-husband over $75,000 in damages, after it came to light that she had misled him into thinking the sperm used for the treatment was his. Judge Deborah Taylor, of Central London County Court,…
On January 16, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will make a decision on the validity of same-sex marriages across the country. Reuters reports, “The court said it will decide two questions:Whether states must allow same-sex couples to marry and whether states must recognize same-sex marriages that take…
A woman’s journal is open and she has drawn a picture of a dollar sign, as she thinks about how she is going to afford her legal fees.