This blog serves as a resource to learn more about Brian Ludmer, the legal articles he has authored and his insights on divorce and parental alienation related topics. As the attorney leading Ludmer Law, Brian Ludmer has become an authority in business law and family law. His work (see details below) includes a submission to the House of Commons on equal shared parenting, as well as a submission on Bill C-78. Brian Ludmer is also a recognized legal expert on parental alienation.

PROPOSED CLINICAL CRITERIA TO DISTINGUISH ALIENATION FROM ESTRANGEMENTTWO CRITERIA FOR THE CHILD *• Child Criterion 1 (CC1)• Child Criterion 2 (CC2)

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Brian Ludmer reminds the EAPAP 2018 conference that standard therapeutic interventions are contraindicated in Parental Alienation cases.

Responding to difficulties in enforcing access to children continues to be a problem in search of a solution in family court. Despite settled jurispru- dence and ample statutory rem- edies, parents denied their time with their children continue to struggle for...

WELCOME TO LEGAL UPDATE. I am pleased to accept the mandate of Ed-itor of this column, which will appear in each issue of PAI. As discussed at the PASG Conference in Washington, DC, there is a broad-based request from PASG members for sharing information, thoughts,...

A COMMON EXPERIENCE FOR PARENTS, and for professionals assisting them, is that of the alienating parent not complying with Court Orders for parenting time, joint decision-making and other matters. There are practical and therapeutic/intervention responses that should...

PARENTS FACING A CONTEMPT PROCEEDING would be well advised to have sufficient third-party evidence of the exercise of their parental authority and why it had, to that point in time, been ineffective.

Proposed changes to Canada’s Divorce Act fall short by failing to make equal shared parenting (ESP) the starting position in custody disputes, Toronto family lawyer Brian Ludmer tells AdvocateDaily.com.

From the 1998 Senate special joint committee recommendations to the present, numerous reports and statements concerning the family law system have recognized the need for fundamental reform as it relates to contested custody cases. Bill C-560, a private member’s bill...

In litigation where custody or access to children is contested, courts are directed to canvass the views of the affected children, at least to the extent that the views can be ascertained. There are various means by which the voice of the child can be solicited. Each...

A common experience for parents, and for professionals assisting them, is that of the alienating parent not complying with Court Orders for parenting time, joint decision-making and other matters. There are practical and therapeutic/intervention responses that should...

Targeted parents, and those advising them, need to be cognizant of the high base rate/frequent occurrence of ethical issues relating to various participants in the case in order to ensure a successful outcome.

In litigation where custody or access to children is contested, courts are directed to canvass the views of the affected children, at least to the extent that the views can be ascertained. There are various means by which the voice of the child can be solicited. Each...

From the 1998 Senate special joint committee recommendations to the present, numerous reports and statements concerning the family law system have recognized the need for fundamental reform as it relates to contested custody cases.