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Remarriage after Divorce
Tonight, Tuesday November 22, please catch a very interesting and entertaining episode on remarriage. We're delighted to have Paula Bisacre and Karina Sacca as guests on tonight's show. CHCH in Ontario at 10:30PM. Don't miss it! But if you do, it's on again Sat. Nov. 26 @6:30PM. This episode will also air in BC Friday Nov. 25 @7PM & Sat. Nov. 26 @3PM on CHEK TV.
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By admin - November 23, 2011No CommentsLiteracy in the Courts
Frozen moment of judicial compassion
By Valerie Mutton
November 11 2011 issue Lawyers Weekly
Justice Harvey Brownstone presides at a suburban Toronto building in which 6,000 family court cases are open at any given moment. It is the busiest such setting in the country. But when he senses someone appearing before him has difficulty reading, he doesn’t mind taking a moment, slowing things down and carefully guiding the proceedings to make certain everyone grasps what’s going on. In a venue with no shortage of painful vignettes, these moments form poignant contrasts...
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By admin - November 8, 2011No CommentsRoy Green Show today
J. Brownstone on Roy Green's radio show re: Texas judge who beat his daughter 3:30pm (ET). ow.ly/1zR7UF
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By admin - November 5, 20111 CommentLaw Times: Inside Queen's Park: Ontario judge’s TV show has legs
Inside Queen's Park with Ian Harvey
Ian Harvey's Law Times interview with Justice Brownstone & Nancy Kinney:
Move over, Dr. Phil. Here comes the judge, as in Ontario Court Justice Harvey Brownstone.
The Toronto family court judge has added a new jurisdiction to his purview on Tuesday nights at 10:30 p.m. on CHCH TV in Hamilton, Ont., as well as the CHEK network...Read More
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By Family Matters - September 26, 2011No CommentsLawyers Weekly: Judge Brownstone goes prime time
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By Family Matters - September 26, 2011No CommentsFamily Court Justice Harvey Brownstone Reflects on Changes, Issues, and Trends on Divorce in the Last 15 Years
Our Interview with Justice Harvey Brownstone
DM: Justice Brownstone, from your perspective on the bench, what divorce issues have changed the most over the last 15 years?
JB: There are three things that have changed the most in the past 15 years. They are the Internet, the Internet, and the Internet! Judges have witnessed a complete revolution in both the composition and, unfortunately, the decomposition of relationships because of the Internet. And this has led to an avalanche of failed relationships that the court system must somehow deal with. And when I say avalanche I’m not exaggerating. It’s truly an avalanche. There’s no other way to describe it.
DM: How has the Internet helped create this avalanche?
JB: For starters, the problem today is that the Internet makes it so easy for people to meet and convince themselves that they’re madly, deeply in love. Of course most of them aren’t in love. They’re infatuated, excited, and swept up in the fantasy. They can pretend to be someone they aren’t, and they can just as easily be vulnerable to someone else’s deception...Read More
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By Family Matters - September 26, 2011No CommentsCBC The Current
Justice Brownstone's interview on The Current Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. Justice Brownstone discussed his new show, Family Matters.Category: In the News
By Family Matters - September 19, 20111 CommentPress Release
Prominent Judge Hosts TV's First Family Law Talk Show
Justice Harvey Brownstone, Canada's most well-known judge, surprised TV executives last week with the launch of his family law talk show, Family Matters. The show generated a huge buzz last week when the show was announced in an article by Kirk Makin of the Globe and Mail. "TV viewers want and need this kind of information. I created this show to help democratize family law so that everyone would have access to the legal information they need to make good decisions," said Nancy Kinney, executive producer of the show. "We're looking for a permanent home for this already popular and universal show," she added.
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By Family Matters - September 18, 2011No CommentsRoy Green Show
Justice Brownstone is on the Roy Green Show today at 1pm Vancouver time (Sept. 18). Listen in on your local radio station in Vancouver, Kamloops, Kelowna, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, London, Hamilton and Toronto. Or listen in online:
http://www.roygreenshow.com/
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By Family Matters - September 18, 2011No CommentsFamily Matters: Vancouver Sun
Ontario judge hits airwaves to sate appetite for legal info
'I'm changing the judicial culture,' he says
By Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun September 14, 2011
Trail-blazing Ontario judge Harvey Brownstone is moving to television and dragging other jurists with him, as he single-handedly tries to transform judicial culture.
The first Canadian judge to declare he was gay, the first to produce a best-selling book on marriage wars and the first to push the envelope with an Internet talk show, Brownstone says he is ramping up his charisma and flamboyance.
The country's hidebound judiciary is holding its breath - how far will he go this time? Manitoba Chief Justice Richard Scott, chair of the Canadian Judicial Council's conduct committee, has already predicted "somebody is sure as heck going to file a complaint . about something the judge has said on the air."Category: In the News
By Family Matters - September 15, 2011No CommentsQueen's Law Article
Queen's University Faculty of Law just wrote this very good article about our show and Justice Brownstone:
"Justice Harvey Brownstone, Law '80, host of the hit talk show "Family Matters"
Judges never speak out on the laws they interpret – but Justice Harvey Brownstone, Law '80, did that with his book Tug of War, which spent 13 weeks on the national best-seller list and is in its fifth printing. In April 2010 he became the world’s first and only sitting judge to host an Internet TV talk show. On “Family Matters,” he educates the public on a wide variety of issues relating to family law, the justice system, relationships, parenting and the well-being of children."Read More
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By Family Matters - September 8, 2011No CommentsFamily Matters: Globe and Mail
kirk makin
Ontario judge’s showmanship leads to TV series
JUSTICE REPORTER— From Thursday's Globe and Mail
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"The country’s most media-savvy judge is going prime time.
After testing the boundaries of judicial timidity with an Internet talk show and a best-selling book on marital strife, Judge Harvey Brownstone will push the traditional role of the judiciary still further next week with a daring television series on family law."
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By Family Matters - September 8, 2011No CommentsFamily Matters on CHEK News
The all new Family Matters is being produced at CHEK TV in Victoria, BC. We filmed 15 episodes in July 2011 which will be released online and broadcast beginning in September 2011.Category: In the News
By Family Matters - August 9, 20111 CommentChildhood Obesity & Family Court
The Star's story on childhood obesity - can children be removed from the home or parents lose custody because their kids are obese?
Justice Brownstone points out that there must be VERY strong evidence of neglect to remove a child for this reason. A very interesting topic...Category: In the News
By Family Matters - July 14, 2011No CommentsJ. Brownstone on Parental Alienation Apr. 18
PRIVACY PIRACY HOST MARI FRANK INTERVIEWS:
Justice Harvey Brownstone, Judge Who Presides at the North Toronto Family Court
MONDAY, APRIL 18, 8:00-8:30AM PACIFIC TIME, KUCI 88.9 FM IN IRVINE, CA AND AUDIO STREAMING ON WWW.KUCI.ORG
Judge Brownstone will discuss the following topics and more!
1. What would you as a judge tell parents before their children are in court?
2. Why should family court litigation only be used as a last resort for families?
3. What are the alternatives to family court litigation?
4. What are some misconceptions about the justice system that falsely lead parents to believe that they can effectively conduct litigation themselves in court?
5. What is ‘parental alienation?’
Don’t miss this fascinating interview with Judge Brownstone!
Here’s some background information about this great guest:
Justice Harvey Brownstone became a lawyer in 1983, and began his career as a Legal Aid lawyer. In 1989 he joined the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General as lawyer enforcing child support orders, and became Director of the Support Enforcement Program in 1991. He was appointed a judge in Ontario in 1995 and presides at the North Toronto Family Court.
Justice Brownstone is the only real sitting judge in the world to host his own online talk show, called “Family Matters”, which can be seen at www.familymatterstv.com. The show features a number of prominent guests in the fields of law, social work, mental health and education, with a view to educating and enlightening the public on a variety of topics dealing with relationships, families, parenting, the justice system, and the well-being of children.
To learn more about Privacy Piracy- visit www.kuci.org/privacypiracy- listen to previous interviews, download podcasts and see upcoming VIP guests.
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By Family Matters - April 15, 2011No CommentsJustice Brownstone Keynote Speaker
Justice Brownstone helped students and faculty celebrate the 20th anniversary of the University of Toronto's combined JD/Master of Social Work program Jan. 26, 2011. He was keynote speaker.Category: In the News
By Family Matters - February 2, 2011No CommentsTop judges giving up silence to embrace the people’s court
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'The movement reached a high water mark last year when Mr. Justice Harvey Brownstone of the Ontario Court of Justice wrote a best-selling book on family law. This fall he went a step further, launching an Internet talk show, familymatterstv.com, that gets about 50,000 hits a day.
The novelty of a charismatic judge speaking in colourful terms about the strengths and weaknesses of the justice system made Judge Brownstone an overnight media star.
“I never, ever anticipated that the media would latch on to the book the way they did,” Judge Brownstone said. “I was on about 200 radio and TV talk shows in the first six months.
“When I became a judge, the culture was very clear,” he added. “You did not speak to the media. Ever. Judges were also very reluctant to speak out in a public way lest people think they were speaking for the whole judiciary.”'Category: In the News
By Family Matters - December 9, 2010No 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 CommentsJustice Harvey Brownstone Speaks with Christine Williams on CTS Television show: On The Line
Join Justice Harvey Brownstone and Christine as they take an inside look at how cases are evaluated in family court.
Justice Harvey Brownstone on CTS Television show On The Line, with Christine Williams.
View the episode on CTS Television here: On The Line: INSIDE FAMILY COURTCategory: In the News
By Family Matters - August 4, 2010No CommentsTug of War makes the national best seller for 13th time!
Justice Brownstone's Tug of War has made it to the Globe and Mail's Bestsellers List for the 13th time since it came out just over a year ago. Who would have thought that a book by a sitting judge all about family law would be so popular? Many, many people are not just interested in this type of useful information, but they really need it too.Category: In the News
By Family Matters - June 27, 20101 CommentMaverick Magistrate's on a Mission
by MICHELE MANDEL, Toronto Sun
"There is usually a world of separation between the esteemed members of the judicial bench and the rest of us mere mortals down below.
But Mr. Justice Harvey Brownstone is not your ordinary judge — and the maverick magistrate in north Toronto’s family court is hellbent on tearing down the walls between the cloistered jurists and the public..."Category: In the News
By Family Matters - June 27, 2010No CommentsJ. Brownstone on the Lynn Martin Show this Morning
Justice Brownstone was on the radio today with Lynn Martin in Windsor, ON talking about the new show and his book. Click this photo for the link to the audio of his interview.Category: In the News
By Family Matters - June 21, 2010No CommentsJustice Brownstone Honoured by the Canadian Bar Association
Justice Brownstone will be honoured this year with the 'Colleague in the Spotlight' award August 15, 2010 at the Canadian Bar Association's annual Canadian Legal Conference in Niagara Falls. "We traditionally point the spotlight at a colleague residing in the province hosting the annual conference. This year’s colleague in the spotlight is Harvey Brownstone."Category: In the News
By Family Matters - June 18, 20101 Comment
