CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

Nikki L. Charlton — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Morag M.J. MacLeod, QC — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver

Bill C-78: Overhauling the Divorce Act

• new terminology and a new attitude
• establishing jurisdiction
• assessing the best interest of the child
• regulating relocation

John-Paul E. Boyd — AOCA, MA, LLB, John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers, Vancouver and Calgary

Choose Your Own Adventure — The Comprehensive Parenting Agreement

• parental responsibilities
• conduct management
• parenting coordination and other helpful third parties
• online parenting platforms — coparently, OurFamilyWizard, 2Houses, DIY Google
• review process
• dispute resolution
• why certain parenting schedules work

Nikki L. Charlton — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Morag M.J. MacLeod, QC — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver

Break

Client Management in Difficult Parenting Cases

• process options for parenting cases: litigation, arbitration, mediation, negotiation or collaboration?
• be the voice of reason: setting expectations and providing education
• rely on the experts: divorce coaches, parenting counsellors, s. 211 assessors, and parenting coordinators

Anne Demeulemeester — Aaron Gordon Daykin Nordlinger LLP, Vancouver

Addressing Allegations of Alienation

• is it alienation, estrangement or both?
• experts reports, views of the child reports, and other evidentiary issues
• initial and longer-term responses to alienation and estrangement

John-Paul E. Boyd — AOCA, MA, LLB, John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers, Vancouver and Calgary

Networking Lunch (Provided)

Relocation Update Panel

• update on case law
• what law applies—relocation regime or s. 46 of the FLA; Divorce Act or FLA when parties are married
• whether to proceed under s. 46 or s. 64 of the FLA depending on whether or not there is an agreement or order in place
• what qualifies (or doesn’t qualify) as a “bad faith” move in relocation
• relocation in primary parent v. shared parenting arrangements
• is a relocation appropriate for a summary trial?

Ian B. Hayward — Hayward Sheppard, Vancouver
Michelle Kinney — Cassels Murray, Victoria
Stacey S. Silber — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Break

Outside Perspectives

• policing issues
• dealing with the Family Maintenance Enforcement Program
• parenting—cultural factors

Leisa Ballard — Social Worker, Ministry of Children and Family Development, Vancouver
Christopher Beresford — Director of Maintenance Enforcement, Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver
Detective Eve Koenning — Special Investigation Unit, Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver
Jasmeet Wahid — Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick LLP, Richmond
Leah Zille — Executive Director, The Treehouse Vancouver Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, Vancouver

Closing Remarks

Nikki L. Charlton — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Morag M.J. MacLeod, QC — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver