Acknowledgements

• Author: Julien D. Payne, Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 18-20

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

e research and word processing costs of this ed ition of Child Support Guidelines in Canada

have been f‌inanced by Danreb Inc., a private corporation that engages in lega l research and

publications a nd in social policy and management consulti ng.

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 Tina Dealwis, A liza Amlani, Carmen Siu, and Ali sa Posesorski, who

discharged editorial respon sibil ities in t heir usual 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. Since Google tell s me that I have written more

than  books that it wil l, free of charge, preserve for posterity on the Internet, t his is my

time. First and foremost, I want to than k my late parents, Kathleen Mary Payne and Frederick

Payne. For the rest of this piece, I shall avoid the word late. If the people I mention con-

tinue to inf‌luence what I do, then it is unfair to refer to them as late. In a ny event, I am not

always sure whether some of them are stil l 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 t he need for an education and was instrumental

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 init iator of change. She had

an uncanny abilit y to anticipate changes in market forces. For those who have followed my

career, which probably means only me, I always took pride in being the f‌irst of‌f t he mark.

It didn’t always work out. In the mid-s, I submitted a n article entitled “e Mediation

of Family Disputes” to the Canad ian 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 to be

defeated, I published the paper in Payne’s Divorce and Family Law Digest , at pages

/ (Richard De Boo Publi shers). My publishers had no choice, if they wanted to con-

tinue to use my services as a d igester of cases. But looking back beyond that point to the

beginning of my wr iting and law reform careers, I owe it all to Tony Palmer, of Burroughs