Shawyer Family Law and Mediation is part of a team working pro bono on this case. The case deals with the constitutionality of s. 31 of the Family Law Act, which govern’s child support for unmarried children.
Judgements
Video
In the news
- Child support ordered in precedent-setting case involving adult with disabilities
—Toronto Star, Sep. 13, 2018 - Pro Bono Perseverance
—Just, Ontario Bar Association, February 2018 - Fighting for support for a disabled son
—Metro Morning, CBC Radio1 Toronto, Nov. 20, 2017 - Child Support
—Ottawa Morning, CBC Radio1 Ottawa, Nov. 17, 2017 - Province to include adult children with disabilities in child support law
—Toronto Star, Nov. 15, 2017 - Child support extending to reflect adults at home
—Law Times, Nov. 6, 2017 - Lawyer wins constitutional challenge in case involving support for disabled adults
—Canadian Lawyer, July 10, 2017 - Mother wins court battle to get support for her son
—Ottawa Now with Evan Solomon, 580 CFRA, July 10, 2017 - Lawyer wins constitutional challenge in case involving support for disabled adults
—Legal Feeds, the blog of Canadian Lawyer & Law Times, July 10, 2017 - Ontario to change child support law to give adult children with disabilities access to parental cash
—Toronto Star, July 8, 2017 - Video: Landmark decision could affect family law across Ontario
—CityNews, July 7, 2017 - Single Brampton mom, trying to change the status quo
—Newstalk 1010, April 5, 2017 - NDP bill would allow unmarried parents to seek support for disabled adult children
—Toronto Star, March 30, 2017 - Changes to child support law up to Queen’s Park, not courts, lawyer argues
—Toronto Star, March 24, 2017 - Ontario’s child support law faces constitutional challenge
—Toronto Star, March 24, 2017 - Brampton mom says Family Law Act discriminates against disabled adult son
—CityNews, March 23, 2017 - Focus: Challenge over child support heads for showdown
—Law Times, March 6, 2017 - Charter challenge of Ontario child support law gets green light
—Toronto Star, November 23, 2016 - Brampton mother seeks child support for disabled adult son
—Toronto Star, November 19, 2016
Multimedia
Robyn Coates interviewed on The Morning Show by 640 Toronto. March 27, 2017
Caselaw
- Vivian v Courtney (2010 ONCJ 768)
- Vivian v Courtney (2012 ONSC 6585)
- Vivian v Courtney (2012 ONSC 397)
- Vivian v Courtney (Endorsement, 2012 ONSC 397)
- Vivian v Courtney (Endorsement – 2012)
- Vivian v Courtney (2013 ONSC 5090)
- Constitutional Factum, Robert Shawyer, 2016
- Constitutional Factum, Andrew Sudano, 2016
At Queen’s Park
- Bill 113, Family Law Amendment Act (Support for Adult Children), 2017
— Private Member’s Bill to allow unmarried parents to seek support for disabled adult children - Submission from the Family Law Section, Ontario Bar Association on the Harmonization of the definition of child in the Family Law Act