Tears blur your phone screen. Anger punches your fingers at the keyboard as you hit up Google looking for a Family Law lawyer. You want the kids, the house, and the vintage LP collection your spouse has spent a fortune on. You want an attack dog of a lawyer who will fight to get it all for you. That’s what a lawyer does, right? Fight for you?

Yes, and…no.

Want Custody of your children? Well sorry, you can’t have it, because it’s not a thing anymore.

As of March 1, 2021, the definitions Custody and Access have been repealed. In their place, the Divorce Act now uses the terms Decision-Making Responsibility and Parenting Time.

They lied. Your ex’s family helped him/her hide assets from the courts. It wasn’t an innocent mistake, an accidental oversight. It was a deliberate conspiracy to make it look like your ex had less so that you would get less in the divorce settlement. They know it, you know it, and you have the paperwork to prove it, but what can you do about it?