What does ‘stressing the family’ in family law mean to you?

The biggest component of course of family law is the family, and divorce is a very difficult process for all concerned, and our mandate is to recognize and do as much as we can to preserve or protect the family. Now of course we’re representing individual clients in the divorce process but we never lose sight of the fact that what we are dealing with is family, and families are often very fragile during the separation and divorce process and we must remain mindful of that at all times, do what we can to protect and preserve.

Gary Stuart Joseph is a Partner and Firm Chair at Toronto family law firm MacDonald & Partners LLP.