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Case law: First two COVID-19 family law decisions

March 25, 2020

Two COVID-19 family law decisions addressing the issue of what makes a case “urgent” under the present court regime in Ontario have been decided on in the past week. One has been reported (Smith v Sieger, 2020 ONSC 1861); the other, Ribeiro v Wright, is expected to be reported shortly,

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