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FAMILY LAW Cases and Materials VOLUME III Carol Rogerson Faculty of Law University of Toronto 1991-92 Prepared with the assistance of Ranald Sinclair and Ell?/. Schwa:?tz THESE MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED SOLELY FOR CLASSROOM USE BY STUDENTS IN THE FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. JUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FAMILY LAW Cases and Materials VOLUME III Carol Rogerson Faculty of Law University of Toronto 1991-92 Prepared with the assistance of Ranald Sinclair and Ella Schwartz THESE MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED SOLELY FOR CLASSROOM USE BY STUDENTS IN THE FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. © Printed on Recycled Paper Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/familylawcasesma03roge_4 FAMILY LAW TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME III Page VIII. DOMESTIC CONTRACTS A. Introduction: Contracting in the Family Context Balfour v. Balfour 955 O'Donovan, "Reforming the Private" from Sexual Divisions in Lav 956 Mnookin, "Divorce Bargaining: the Limits on Private Ordering" 962 B. Limits on Contracting a) Overview Mesbur, "Domestic Contracts" 966 b) Validity Introductory Note 974 Lindsay v. Lindsay 974 Crouse v. Crouse 980 Note: Heaton v. Heaton; Currie v. Currie 984 Cadieu v. Cadieu 985 Puopolo Puopolo 986 V. Majury, "Unconscionability in an Eguality Context" 989 c) Statutory Powers to Set Aside and Vary (i) Introduction Note 996 Clarke v. Clarke 997 (ii) The Pelech Trilogy Note: Pelech. Richardson 1003 Caron v. Caron 1003 Bailey, "Pelech. Caron and Richardson " 1004 Cossman, "A Matter of Difference: Domestic Contracts and Gender Equality" 1008 11 (iii) Post-Pelech: Variation Recruests by Wives fPavees) Note: Fvffe; Marshall; Isaacson 1010 (iv) Post-PelechI Variation Recmests by Husbands fPavors) Note: Leman; Ritchie 1012 Bailey, "Pelech. Richardson and Caron" 1014 Hood V. Hood 1015 Chant V. Chant (Lawyer's Weekly) 1022 IX. CHILD SUPPORT A. Defining the Parent-Child Relationship a) Establishing Paternity Re Rhan and Pinsonneault 1023 K.P. V. P.N. 1026 Note: Status of the Unmarried Father 1028 b) In Loco Parentis Primeau v. Primeau 1031 Ogden v. Anderson 1037 Carignan v. Carignan 1038 Grohmann v. Grohmann 1048 Hart V. Hart and Boyce 1051 c) Age Limits Toronto Star, "Back to the nest" 1054 Chaban v. Chaban 1055 Duncan v. Duncan 1056 Note: Thompson v. Thompson 1060 Smith V. Smith 1061 Note: Rosenthal v. Rosenthal 1063 B. Calculation of Child Support a) Introduction Blown and Milliken, "The Failure of the Legal System to Protect the Economic Rights of Children" 1064 Department of Justice, Evaluation of the Divorce Act 1070 Ill Eekelaar and Maclean, "The Evolution of Private Law Maintenance Obligations" 1076 b) The Paras Formula Paras v. Paras 1078 Giles V. Giles and Woods 1082 Friesen v. Friesen 1084 Archer v. Cornfoot 1088 MacMillan v. MacMillan 1090 Lucas V. Lucas 1094 Harper v. Harper 1097 Moosa V. Moosa 1101 Note: Duffield v. Duffield 1103 Note: Contributions of the Custodial Parent Under the Paras Formula 1104 Further Reading 1104 c) Reform of Child Support Law Pask, "The Effect of Maintenance of Custody Sharing" 1105 Note 1106 d) Domestic Contracts and Child Support Silverman v. Silverman 1107 Thomson v. Thomson 1110 e) Child Support and Access Twaddle v. Twaddle 1113 Lee V. Lee 1116 Note: Turecki; Brownell; Harrison 1120 f) Variation of Child Support Eekelaar, Family Law and Social Policy 1121 Maclean, "Households after Divorce" 1126 Sawchvn v. Sawchvn 1127 Storer v. Storer 1131 R. (L. D. ) V. R. (H. D. ) 113 3 Johnston v. Haywood (Lawyer's Weekly) 1135 Note: Zablocki v. Redhail 1136 Abbot v» Taylor 1137 Smith v. Rubin 1139 IV X. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS Steel, "An Overview of Provincial and Federal Maintenance Enforcement Legislation" 1141 Globe and Mail. "Men still escaping support payments despite stricter rules" 1150 Globe and Mail, "Ontario Cracks Down on Support Defaulters" 1151 Money and Family Law. "Ontario's New Support Enforcement Mechanism" 1152 Glendon, Abortion and Divorce in Western Law 1153 XI. CUSTODY A. Introduction a) History and Terminology Folberg, "Custody Overview" 1155 Department of Justice, Evaluation of the Divorce Act 1159 b) Psychological Perspectives on Custody Goldstein, Freud and Solnit, Beyond the Best Interests of the Child 1162 Wallerstein and Kelly, Surviving the Breakup 1170 Bishop and Mitchell, "Children, Parents and Divorce" 1173 Payne, "The Dichotomy between Family Law and Family Crises on Marriage Breakdown" 1175 c) The Gender Politics of Custody Boyd, "Women, Men and Relationships with Children: Is Equality Possible?" 1179 Gordon, "Multiple Meanings of Equality; A Case Study in Custody Litigation" 1184 B. Judicial Decisionmaking a) The Best Interests Principle Wakaluk v. Wakaluk 1192 Mnookin, "Child Custody Adjudication: Judicial Functions in the Face of Indeterminancy" 1194 V b) Procedural Aspects of Custody Decisionmaking Sachs, "The Dejudicialization of Family Law: Mediation and Assessments" 1195 Chambers, "Rethinking the Substantive Rules for Custody Disputes in Divorce" 1201 McBean, "The Myth of Maternal Preference in Child Custody Cases" 1201 Wakaluk v. Wakaluk 1202 Abella, "Procedural Aspects of Arrangements for Children Upon Divorce" 1204 Note: Reid v. Reid; Young v. Young 1206 Note: Judicial Responses to Children's Wishes 1207 c) Sole Custody Determinations (i) Status Quo Novic V. Novic 1209 Sherrett v. Sherrett 1212 Note: Variation Applications (Talbot V. Henry) 1214 (ii) Tender Years Doctrine and Primary Care-giver Presumption Boyd, "Women, Men and Relationships with Children: Is Equality Possible?" 1215 Talskv V. Talskv 1217 R. V. R. 1223 Klachefskv v. Brown 1233 Fishback v. Fishback 1239 Bell V. Kirk 1245 Note: Aviles v. Aviles 1248 Tvndale v. Tvndale 1249 Harden v. Harden 1251 D.A. V. E.H. (Lawyer's Weekly) 1254 Boyd, "Women, Men and Relationships with Children: Is Equality Possible?" 1255 Boyd, "From Gender Specificity to Gender Neutrality? Ideologies in Canadian Child Custody Law" 1256 (iii) Violence and Abuse Globe and Mail. "Mother Loses Custody After Move Into Shelter" 1260 Young v. Young 1261 Note: Renaud v, Renaud 1266 Myers, "Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse in Custody and Visitation Litigation" 1267 VI (iv) Sexual Orientation Bezaire v« Bezaire 1271 Crean, "In the Name of the Fathers: The Story Behind Child Custody" 1277 Ehrcke, "Limiting Judicial Discretion in Custody Proceedings on Divorce" 1280 Note: Saunders v. Saunders 1283 d) Joint Custody Folberg, "Joint Custody" 1284 Note: Recent Changes to California's Custody Legislation 1289 Globe and Mail. "Joint Custody Viable Option" 1290 Singer and Reynolds "A Dissent on Joint Custody" 1291 Bailey, "Unpacking the 'Rational Alternative'; A Critical Review of Family Mediation" 1302 Ryan, "Joint Custody in Canada: Time for a Second Look" 1304 Boyd, "Women, Men, and Relationships with Children: Is Equality Possible?" 1308 Parsons v. Parsons 1310 Nurmi V. Nurmi 1312 Lewis V. Lewis 1315 Abbot V, Tavlor 1317 Department of Justice, Evaluation of the Divorce Act 1323 Toronto Star. "MPP calls custody laws sanctioned 'child-abuse'" 1327 Bill 95 1328 XII. ACCESS A. General Principles of Access a) Appropriateness of Access Rutherford v. Rutherford 1332 Note: Bourdon v. Casselman 1335 Michel V. Hanley 1336 Note: Katz v. Katz 1337 Globe and Mail. "Parent access service is placed in jeopardy by ministries' dispute 1339 b) Interference with Access Casement v. Casement 1340 Note: Harrison v. Harrison it/io