Acknowledgements

• Author: Julien D. Payne - Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 27-30

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Acknowledgements

e research and word-processing cost s of this edition of Canadian Family Law

have been nanced by Da nreb Inc, a private corporation that engages i n legal

research and publications a nd in social policy and man agement consulting.

e authors thank Je Mil ler for his co-operation in f acilitating th is

publication and arra nging for the in-house prepar ation of a comprehensive

case list. e authors much appreci ate the eorts of Ali sa Posesorski, Anita

Levin, Vic tor Selby, and Carmen Siu, who disch arged editorial resp onsibil-

ities in their usua l ecient 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 t he con-

tribution that others h ave made to the development of one’s career. Since

Google tells me th at I have written more than  book s that it will, f ree of

charge, preserve for poster ity on the Internet, this is my ti me. First and fore-

most, I want to thank my l ate parents, Kathleen Ma ry Payne and Frederick

Payne. For the rest of this piece, I shal l avoid the word “late.” If the people I

mention continue to inuence what I do, then it is unfa ir to refer to them as

late. In any event, I am not always su re whether some of them are still on the

tree of life. Some people have the sa me thoughts about me. I derive my com-

mitment and dedication from my mother. W hen my mother was in business

with my father, she was the init iator of change. She had an uncanny abi lity to

anticipate changes in m arket forces. For those who have followed my career,

which probably means only me, I a lways took pride in being the rst o the

mark. It didn’t always work out. In the m id-s, I submitted an art icle en-

titled “e Medi ation of Family Disputes” to the Canadian Bar Review a nd to

the Irish Jurist. ey both decli ned to publish it because it had nothing to do

with law. How times have cha nged. Not to be defeated, I published the paper