About the Authors

• Author: Julien D. Payne/Marilyn A. Payne
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About the Authors

Julien D Payne, CM, QC, L LD, LSM, FRSC, is one of Canad a’s pre-eminent

family law spec ialists, and has been c alled the architect of the Un ied Family

Court and the no-fau lt divorce. He has taught family law at the u niversities

of Alberta, Ottawa, Saskatchewa n, and Western University, and has writ-

ten extensively about family law and family d ispute resolution. Payne is the

author of Payne on Divorce, 4th ed (Carswe ll, 1996), and is the co-author of

Canadian Family Law (Irwin Law). His wr itings have been cited in more t han

2,000 cases by trial courts and appel late courts in Canad a, including the

Supreme Court of Canada. He was awarded the Law Society Med al by the

Law Society of Upper Ca nada in 2002, and was made a member of the Order

of Canada in 2004 .

Marilyn A Payne is an experienced author and the foundi ng editor of the

loose-leaf serv ice Payne’s Divorce and Family Law Digest, 1980–1999. She is the

co-author of Canadian Family Law (Irw in Law).