FIRM:
Gene C. Colman Family Law Centre
POSITION:
Principal
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Children's issues, parental alienation, spousal support and child support obligations, fathers' rights, procedural fairness, property division, international issues, marriage contracts
PHONE:
(416) 635-9264
EMAIL:
gene@complexfamilylaw.com
Gene C. Colman has been practising family law since 1979. He founded the Canadian Journal of Family Law, a national academic journal that publishes articles on a variety of family law matters. He is sought out by various media and legal organizations for his keen insights and opinions gained over 40 years of advocacy in family law that started even when he was a law student.
As a proud father of seven children, a grandfather to many, and with more than 40 years of family law experience, Gene understands the special bonds children have with each parent. He advocates that both fathers and mothers should be able to parent their children. Unless a child is in danger of harm, he believes that every child has the right to enjoy a loving relationship with each parent.
Gene has been very active within the movement to change federal parenting laws in favour of equal parenting principles. Along with several other advocates, he worked tirelessly toward securing an amendment to federal Bill C-78, so that the revised Divorce Act might have included a rebuttable presumption for equal shared parenting. However, the entrenched powers strongly resisted the movement for sensitive law reform that would have likely improved the lives of Canadian children and their parents. Still, the movement for reform continues. Read more about Gene's law reform work here.