Acknowledgements

• Author: Julien D. Payne - Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 17-19

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

e research and word processing costs of this edition of Child Support Guidelines in Can-

ada have been f‌inanced by Danreb Inc., a private corporation that engages in legal resea rch

and publications and in social polic y and management consulting.

e authors thank Jef‌f Miller for his co-operation in f acilitating thi s publication and

arranging for the in-house preparation of a comprehensive case list. e authors much ap-

preciate the ef‌forts of Alisa Posesorski, Tina D ealwis, Victor Selby, and Heather Raven who

discharged editorial respon sibilities in their usua l ef‌f‌icient manner.

ere comes a time in an author’s life when he (for those who don’t know me, I am a

male) should look back and acknowledge with gratitude the contribution that others have

made to the development of one’s career. First and foremost, I want to thank my late parents,

Kathleen Mary Payne and Frederick Payne. For the rest of this piece, I sha ll avoid the word

late. If the people I mention continue to inf‌luence what I do, then it is unfair to refer to

them as late. In any event, I am not always sure whether some of them are sti ll on the tree

of life. Some people have the same thoughts about me. As for my parents, my father was the

parent who not only washed me in the sink; he was the pa rent who stressed the need for

an education and was instr umental in my choosing a legal career. I derive my commitment

and dedication from my mother. When my mother was in business with my father, she was

the initiator of change. She had an uncanny abil ity to anticipate changes in ma rket forces.

For those who have followed my career, which probably means only me, I always took pride

in being the f‌irst of‌f the mark. It did n’t always work out. In the mid-s, I submitted an

article entitled “e Mediation of Fami ly Disputes” to the Canadian Bar Review and to the

Irish Jurist. ey both decl ined to publish it. I suppose it had nothing to do with law. How

times have changed. Not being receptive to such rejection, I published the paper in Pay ne’s

Divorce and Family Law Digest , at pages / (Richard De Boo Publishers). My

publishers had no choice, if they wanted to continue to use my services a s a digester of cases.

But looking back beyond that point to the beginni ng of my writing and law reform careers,

I owe it all to Tony Palmer, of Burroughs Company Limited, who asked me to write t he