Canada:
Achieving Third Party Settlements When Criminal Charges Are Involved
08 March 2018
Torkin Manes LLP
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Many family law cases have parallel criminal proceedings. These
proceedings may arise from events related to the family law case
(domestic assaults, harassment, breach of court orders, etc.) or be
totally unrelated. As a result of the adoption of a "zero
tolerance" approach by the criminal justice system to
allegations of domestic abuse, increasing numbers of family law
cases involve criminal charges against one or both of the
spouses.
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