Acknowledgements
Author | Julien D. Payne/Marilyn A. Payne |
Pages | 29-34 |
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Acknowledgements
As with previous editions, the research and word-processing costs of this
eighth edition of Canadian Family Law have been nanced by Danreb Inc, a
private corporation that engages in legal research and publications and in
social polic y and management consulting. e authors wish to acknowledge
their access to relevant jud icial decisions with neut ral citations through thei r
daily use of Ca nLII.
e authors thank Je Miller for his co-operation in facilitating this
publication and arranging for the in-house preparation of a comprehensive
case list. e authors much appreciate the eorts of Lesley Steeve, Gillian
Buckley, and others who discharged editorial responsibilities in their usual
ecient manne r.
ere comes a time in an author’s life when he (for those who don’t know
me, I am male) should look back and acknowledge with gratitude the contri-
bution 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 Fred-
erick Payne. For the rest of this piece, I shall avoid the word “late.” If the
people I mention continue to inuence what I do, then it is unfa ir to refer to
them as late. In any event, I am not always sure whether some of them are
still on the tree of life. Some people have the same thoughts about me. I de-
rive my commitment and dedic ation from my mother. When my mother was
in business with my father, she was the initiator of change. She had an un-
canny abilit y to anticipate changes in market forces. For those who have fol-
lowed 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 mid-1980s, I submit-
ted an article entitled “e Mediation of Family Disputes” to the Canadian
Bar Review and to the Irish Jurist. ey both declined to publish it because it
had nothing to do with law. How times have changed. Not to be defeated, I
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