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A View from the Bench Episodes | Family Matters TV
This episode is now available on DVD. Please go to: https://www.createspace.com/327541 to order copies.
This episode provides the rare privilege of hearing from an outspoken retired family court judge from Alberta who spent 22 years resolving all kinds of parental disputes. We will have a frank and candid discussion and I have invited him to unleash his most forthright insights into the family justice system. He will also tell us why he left the court in 1997 to pursue what he believes is a much healthier and effective way to help parents resolve their conflicts. Guest: Judge Michael Porter (ret?d) Judge Porter was admitted as an English solicitor in 1964 and called to the Bar of Alberta in 1968. He practiced a wide variety of law in Jasper, Alberta, up to his appointment as a Provincial Judge in 1975. He sat in the Provincial Court on a rural circuit for 15 years and then from 1990 to 1997, in Calgary. He thereafter sat as Deputy Judge part time in the Tax Court of Canada over the next 10 years. Since 1997, Judge Porter has developed an extensive private mediation and arbitration practice and has conducted over 3000 mediations and arbitrations, in matters as diverse as insurance, construction, business and family matters. He has sat chairman of a National Professional Disciplinary Committee. He remains actively involved in his conflict resolution business, helping to settle and adjudicate on all kinds of matters. Guest: Judge Michael Porter (Ret'd)Category: Episodes
By Nancy - December 13, 2011No CommentsFamilies don’t belong in court: Sudbury Star
The courts should be a last resort for most parents who are breaking up, says Ontario Court Justice Harvey Brownstone.
"For the vast majority of couples, going to court creates a war when you need to make peace with each other for the sake of the children," said Brownstone, who was been a family court judge for about 15 years.
Brownstone, author of the book Tug of War: A judge's verdict on Separation, Custody Battles and the Bitter Realities of Family Court, was in Sudbury on Monday afternoon to deliver a speech. He was the keynote speaker at the Children's Community Network's annual general meeting at the Howard Johnson.
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By Family Matters - September 28, 2010No Comments