Q&A By John T. Syrtash, Associate,
Garfin Zeidenberg LLP, a Toronto family law lawyer for the past 39 years.
Question: I have a one-year-old child with someone I no longer have a relationship with, not even a civil relationship. All our communication is done via email. He pays his child support on time, but I want something “legal” in writing from him. Do I have to go to court?
Answer: You can obtain a court order and alienate the guy. Or you can send him a friendly email – something like “Dear dad of your child with whom I don’t have a civil relationship. I attach a draft parenting agreement my lawyer prepared. What do you think? It never hurts to be civil. It doesn’t necessarily lead to dancing.
John Syrtash is an associate and family law lawyer with the Toronto firm of GARFIN ZEIDENBERG LLP.
John T. Syrtash B.A. (Hon.) LL. background:
Invited Speaker on Bill 78, Proposed Changes to Canada’s
Divorce Act, House
of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (November
26, 2018)
Editor of the Syrtash Family Law Newsletter, Lexis Nexis
President of the Syrtash Spousal Support Database
Author of Religion and Culture in Canadian Family Law, Butterworths
Author A Calendar of Northern Fables, Amazon
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John T. Syrtash,
Associate
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