Children

Case	Description	Year	Facta
DBS v. SRG	This landmark Supreme Court of Canada case concerns the issue of child support and the entitlement of recipient spouses, predominantly mothers, to increased child support following an increase in the income of payer spouses, who are predominantly fathers...	2006
Auton et al v. British Columbia	The Auton v. British Columbia case involves a challenge to the B.C. Government's refusal to fund therapeutic health services for children with autism...	2004
JG v. Minister of Health and Community Services of New Brunswick	The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that New Brunswick's failure to provide legal aid in child wardship cases violate the Charter rights of a poor woman. J.G, a New Brunswick woman, appealed a lower court decision that denied her legal aid when a social services agency applied for an extension to temporary wardship of her three children...	1999
Francis v. Canada (Ont.)	This case involved a Grenadian woman who, after being in Canada without immigration status for nine years, was ordered deported. She had two Canadian-born children; her third child, born in Grenada, was ordered deported with her...	1999
Robin James Goertz v. Janet Rita Gordon	A court order allowing Janet Gordon, a Saskatchewan mother, to relocate with her daughter was challenged by her ex-husband. Ms. Gordon wanted to move with the child to take a new job in Australia but the father said it would limit his access to the child...	1996
The Queen v. Suzanne Thibaudeau	Suzanne Thibaudeau, a divorced mother of two, went to the Supreme Court of Canada to challenge regulations in the Income Tax Act which required her to pay income tax on her child support payments, although her ex-spouse could deduct the payments from his taxable income...	1995
The Queen v. Schachter	Shalom Schachter applied for maternity benefits so he could stay at home and care for his child. He was denied because said they were only available for mothers. Schatcher claimed this was sex discrimination...	1992
K.M v. H.M.	KM was prevented from suing her father for sexually assaulting her when she was a child because she missed the legal time limit for bringing a civil action. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that in cases of childhood sexual assault the limitation period should not begin to run until the plaintiff was aware of the harm they had suffered...	1992
George Ramdial, Nilufar Ramdial and Lana Salmon v. Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corporation No. 624	In 1988, Lana Salmon was prevented from buying a condominium and moving in with her 13 year-old child. With LEAF's support, Salmon challenged the condominium's ability to restrict occupancy to people aged 16 and older...	1990
D.P.	LEAF intervened successfully to oppose the admission of a known and convicted child abuser to the Law Society of Upper Canada...	1989	none
Shewchuk v. Ricard	LEAF argued that provisions in the Child Paternity and Support Act were that only allowed mothers to seek affiliation with their children born out of wedlock and subsequently can only initiate payment orders against the child's father...	1986