Marie G Michaels

Family lawyer Marie G. Michaels has more than 29 years of experience in the legal profession and more than 29 years as a family law lawyer. Divorce lawyer Marie Michaels and her team of family law lawyers serve the communities of Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Oshawa, Bowmanville, and Courtice in Durham Region. They also represent clients with cases in Toronto, Newmarket, Peterborough, Lindsay and Cobourg.

In 2013, Marie became certified as a Collaborative Team Leader, giving her family law clients another option during their divorce. Collaborative Family Law is seen by many as a better resolution option than going to court and therefore less stressful on the entire family, particularly small children.

In addition to providing family law clients with sound advice about, custody and access, child support, spousal support, division of marital property (equalization of marital property), common-law separation, and restraining and emergency orders, Marie and her team of family lawyers have experience in these unique and frequently traumatic family law situations below.

Child abduction – where the father, the mother, or another trusted adult kidnaps a child or children. Marie has experience in handing both domestic and international child abductions. For more information on Child Abduction, visit our Restraining and Emergency Orders .

Spousal battery – Marie has experience in representing clients who are victims of domestic violence and who want to file civil lawsuits for spousal battery within divorce cases. She has won lawsuits, where the judge has awarded monetary damages for spousal battery and physical violence.

Income imputation – Marie has won cases where she has proven in court that the support payor is intentionally unemployed (or under-employed) to evade child support responsibilities or spousal support responsibilities.