Mission Statement
My objective and that of my team is to use our collective talents to help our clients to review their marriages, partnerships and common law relationships and, if there is no alternative, to prepare our clients to obtain the best possible resolution on separation/divorce.
My group consists of myself as lead counsel, Associate Lawyers, a Forensic Accountant, a General Accountant, a Marriage Counsellor, a Psychiatrist, two Social Workers, one of whom specializes in children of broken homes and a Physical Trainer. Others, including investigators, are employed on an as needed basis.
My team is a cohesive group, which works together, continuously keeping me informed as to progress and developments on your behalf.
I am the facilitator where I am in charge of all information so that I can supply the necessary developments to those in the group who need to know the facts for his or her work to be carried out on your behalf.
You may click here and arrange a confidential, initial meeting with me, to discuss your case and the services we can provide.
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Convenient parking at New City Hall 100 Queen St. W. or click here for additional parking.
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Quick contact information:
390 Bay Street, Suite 910
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2
Tel: 416-861-0087
Fax: 416-946-1329
Law Offices of Howard S. Dyment, "Collboration Sessions"
Recently added to our Web Site is the “Collaboration Session”, a new feature which allows the review of correspondence in real time with multiple participants, if necessary. Clients can now view on screen the correspondence prepared on their behalf from the convenience of their own home along with any third party participant as needed. A link is sent by this Office via email with a time specified for the session to begin and once the link is clicked on, during the appropriate time, the correspondence appears on the screen to be edited by the solicitor in this Office handling the file as well as the client. Parties can even chat to one another to discuss any necessary changes within the document before being committed to writing and finally approved by the client and sent out by this Office on the client’s behalf.
Law Offices of Howard S. Dyment, "Knowledge Base"
Above and beyond the helpful articles you will find on our Web Site we have now published our Knowledge Base, online for you. The Knowledge Base is a compilation of meticulously selected case law, statutes and scholarly articles on all aspects of family law in forty-nine categories, more than six hundred entires and growing daily. We invite you to call our offices and be granted secure access the very same day.
Recent Developments In Family Law
Unjust enrichment occurs when one party benefits at the expense of the other party during a relationship, usually in a common-law relationship. Upon the breakdown of the relationship, the benefited party can be made to pay the other side thousands of dollars to redress the benefit received. A cohabitation agreement entered into before the commencement of the relationship would make such a claim a non-starter but if such a claim is being made against you, you should know the factors the courts look at when determining whether there has been such an unjust enrichment in the relationship. To read more as to how the courts are dealing with this issue, click here, or for the full case on which this article is based, click here.
Retroactive Child Support after a 21-year marriage and 10 years of separation? Not necessarily, even with increases in the payor's income which were not reflected in the original support calculations. Here, there was evidence that even the support being paid was not needed or used on the children. To read more click here.
Kevin B. Peires of our Office was Counsel on a recently reported Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision which confirmed a spouse’s entitlement to temporary spousal support. The Court firmly declared that despite both parties having relatively high incomes, the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines cannot be ignored and in fact must be considered. For Full Decision Click here
The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines: A User's Guide to the Final Version, July 2008
Bought Your Home Without Title Insurance? Afraid of Fraud? This is the Solution.
A pay raise equals increased child support or suffer retroactivity. Click here for the details.
Click here if you want to deduct, from your Income Taxes, the Legal Fees incurred to establish your right to obtain Spousal and Child Support!
Yes, it is true, since July 20, 2005, same-sex couples can officially marry in any Province in Canada. This has been the case in Ontario since June of 2003. Canada is only the fourth country in the world to allow same sex marriage. Click here for more information on same sex marriage.
The Supreme Court of Canada overruled the Ontario Court of Appeal and held that in shared or joint custody situations that a divorced parent who spends more time with his or her children should not necessarily be able to automatically pay less child support. Click here to see how you can make this decision work for you!