Acknowledgments

• Author: Julien D. Payne - Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 19-21

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

e research and word processing costs of this ed ition 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 this publication and ar-

ranging for the in-house preparation of a comprehensive case list. e authors much appre-

ciate the ef‌forts of Alisa Posesorski, who d ischarged editorial responsibilities in her 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 his career. Since Google tells me that I have written more than

forty books that it wil l preserve for posterity on the Internet, free of charge, this is my time.

First and foremost, I want to thank my late parents, Kath leen Mary Payne and Frederick

Payne. For the rest of this piece, I shall 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 a ny event, I am not alw ays

sure whether some of them are still on the tree of l ife. Some people have the same t houghts

about me. My father was the parent who not only washed me in the sink; he was t he parent

who stressed the need for an education and was inst rumental in my choosing a legal career.

I derive my commitment and dedication from my mother. When my mother was in busi-

ness with my father, she was the initiator of change. She had an uncanny abil ity 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 an article entitled “e Mediation of Fam ily Disputes” to the Can-

adian Bar Review and to the Irish Jurist. ey both declined 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 page  (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 the