How does the court treat parenting decisions when the parents are of two different cultural backgrounds?
When parents of different ethnicities separate, the court is often faced with the dilemma of determining which parent’s culture will the children be primarily raised in.

Vaccinating against Covid continues to be a hotly debated topic. Protests continue to occur against covid vaccinations. What is certain is that people are clear in their decision on whether to vaccinate or not. What about when children are clear in their decision to vaccinate or not vaccinate?

As of January 4, 2022, in British Columbia, parents and other family members going through separation and divorce are required to take free online parenting courses prior to appearing in court.

Parenting arrangements have been historically referred to as custody and access. There has been much confusion about what custody and access means to parents and families and often these terms are used incorrectly.

In a recent case the father retained SMP Law to help with his situation where the mother was putting the child into a private school without his consent and demanding his share of the costs for the private school be considered a section 7 expense.