Canada: Divorce

As digital assets become increasingly common in personal and business portfolios, family law professionals are encountering cryptocurrency-related issues in divorce with far greater frequency.

Some cases wrap up quickly. We filed your application, and the other side backed down — they were bluffing.

I have personally observed the conflict between couples separating to be worse than ever. When everyone is so dependent on technology, it is all too easy to cause harm to a former spouse by texting damaging and accusatory words in the heat of the moment.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of November 3, 2025.

If you are going through a separation or divorce and suspect that your spouse may be hiding assets, you are not alone and you are right to be concerned.

Summary: The parties were married in April 2010 and separated in October 2023. Ms. Swimm filed a Petition for Divorce soon after. There are two dependent children.

It's emotional, expensive, and let's be honest—nobody gets married or enters a relationship of permanence, thinking, "One day, we'll argue over who gets the rights to my groundbreaking invention or best-selling novel."

Dealing with Claimants Who Have Entered Voidable or Void Marriages in Good Faith in the Context of Priority Disputes – the Second of our Three-Part Series Dealing with the Definition of "Spouse" in the Insurance Act

This is a question with no clear-cut answer. Disabled children may qualify for disability benefits when they reach adulthood (or even before then). This may affect child support – or not.