Please be advised that SMP Law will be closed for the Christmas Holidays effective 12:00 p.m. on Friday December 19, 2025 through to 9:00 a.m. on Monday January 5, 2026. We would like to take this time to wish you and yours a very Safe and Merry Christmas from all of us here at SMP Law.

In a family law dispute involving children, there are many different people parents will talk to about their family court matter. One group in particular is their children’s teachers. Teachers can often get a one-sided interpretation from one parent of what is happening with their child and in their family law matter.

Parental alienation continues to be an ongoing challenge we see in family law matters. SMP Law has created several blogs on the topic of parental alienation so as a reminder, the term parental alienation references “a child is expressing extreme negative feelings about a parent that are not supported by their experiences”. 

ThreeBestRated honoured SMP Law by writing an excellent article about us and organizing a press release to many news outlets including “News From Canada”, “Today in Law”, “Canada News Journal” and “Canadian Reporter”.