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Three Steps to Separation Success

On Wednesday January 25 2012 between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m.. Barrie Public Library is offering a free drop-in session to provide education and information for people considering separation or divorce. The session will be presented in the Angus Ross Room just inside the front door of the downtown library – that’s at 60 Worsley Street.

Ellen Anderson of Anderson Adams Lawyers is one of the presenters: and she will be joined by Brett Degoldi of Galbraith Family Law. Both of us are collaboratively trained counsel. We cannot give legal advice, but we want to set out some simple preparation you can do to help yourself and save some legal costs.   

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Mike Podrebarac: SCYPA Young Professional of the Year!

We're so proud, right here in Stroud! And you can bet, we're singing it out loud! On November 17, 2011 Mike Podrebarac, our very engaging real estate associate, was named Young Professional of the Year by SCYPA, the Simcoe County Young Professionals Association.

Mike Podrebarac has a big personality. He likes people and he's not afraid of hard work. From the moment that he joined Anderson Adams, there is no question Mike has made his presence felt in the Innisfil and Simcoe County communities.

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A lay-off: do you have to take it lying down?

Maybe not.

The Employment Standards Act certainly does include lay-off provisions. They are complicated to navigate. But they do permit an employer to lay-off an employee for certain periods of time under certain conditions, with the expectation that the employee will be recalled to work.

However, the Employment Standards Act isn’t necessarily the end of the story.

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Do You Hate Your Ex . . . .

...more than you love your children? That’s a question that collaborative family law lawyers frequently ask their clients.

And Barrie’s own Brian Galbraith of Galbraith Family Law asks the question once again in an article on shared parenting from the Globe and Mail Friday October 7 2011; you can read the whole article here.

So: what does it mean to love your children most? It means consistently acting in their best interests, and not necessarily assuming those best interests are the same as your own best interests. It means putting aside your own hurts and rages and fears. It means working together to restructure your family so that your children will have optimal contact with both of you.

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