Acknowledgements

• Author: Julien D. Payne/Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 29-34

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Acknowledgements

As with previous editions, the researc h and word-processing costs of this

eighth edition of Canadian Family Law h ave been nanced by Dan reb 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 facilitati ng this

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

case list. e authors much appreciate the eorts of Lesley Stee ve, Gillian

Buckley, and others who disc harged editoria l responsibilities i n their usual

ecient 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 grat itude the contri-

bution that others have made to the deve lopment of one’s career. First and

foremost, I want to thank my late pa rents, Kathleen Ma ry Payne and Fred-

erick Payne. For the rest of this piece, I shall 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 sure whether some of them are

still on the tree of l ife. 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 subm it-

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 l aw. How times have changed. Not to be defeated, I