10 September 2026 | Family Law
Since March 2021, a parent who wants to move with their child must give 60 days’ written notice and follow a precise procedure — or risk seeing the plan blocked outright. Julie lives in Gatineau. Since the separation, her seven-year-old son Léo spends one week...
2 September 2026 | Family Law
Which set of rules applies, how the amount is calculated, when to have it reviewed, and how far back a retroactive claim can reach. Patrick has been paying $640 a month since 2019 for his two children. He has never missed a payment — but he has never revisited the...
2 September 2026 | Family Law
Since March 2021, the Divorce Act no longer speaks of custody or access — but the Civil Code of Québec has not changed its vocabulary at all. Isabelle walks out of a first meeting with her lawyer in Gatineau, puzzled. She came in to “ask for custody” of...
21 August 2026 | Family Law
House, furniture, accounts, debts, vehicles and children — who keeps what when you never signed a marriage contract. Sophie and Karim met in Hull in 2014. They bought a condo together in 2017, fifty-fifty on the deed. Two children were born, in 2019 and 2022. Today,...
16 August 2026 | Family Law
Since 30 June 2025, common-law partners who become parents of the same child are automatically subject to a regime that protects the family home, the household furniture and the family vehicles. Julie and Marc have lived together for eight years in a bungalow in the...
9 August 2026 | Family Law
How a baby born after June 29, 2025 can force parents to litigate before two different courts — and why two judges already disagree on the fix. Update, October 1, 2026: the Court of Appeal has granted leave to appeal the judgment discussed here. The jurisdictional...
