Acknowledgments

• Author: Julien D. Payne/Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 25-29

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Acknowledgments

e authors thank Jef‌f Mil ler for his co-operation in facilitati ng this publica-

tion and arrang ing for the in-house preparation of a comprehensive case list.

e authors much appreciate the e f‌forts of Alisa Posesorski, who d ischarged

editorial respon sibilities in her usual ef‌f‌icient ma nner.

ere comes a time in an author’s life when he (for those who don’t know

me, I a m a male) should look back and acknowledge with gratitude the con-

tribution that others have m ade to the development of one’s ca reer. Since

Google tel ls me that I have writ ten more than  books that it will, free of

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

most, I wa nt 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 un fair to refer to them as

late. In any event, I am not alw ays sure whether they are still on t he tree of

life. Some people have the same thoughts about me. I derive my commitment

and dedication from my mother. When my mother was in business wit h my

father, she was t he initiator of change. She had an uncanny ability to antici-

pate 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 the mark. It

didn’t always work out. In the mid-s, I submitted an article entitled “e

Mediation of Fam ily Disputes” to the Canadian Bar Review and to t he Irish

Jurist. e y both declined to publish it. I suppose it had nothing to do with

law. How t imes have ch anged. Not to be defeated, I published the paper in

Payne’s Divorce and Family Law Digest at pages – ( Richard De Boo Pub-

lishers, ). My publishers had no choice if the y wanted to continue to use

my services as a digester of ca ses. But, looking back beyond that point to the

beginning of my writing a nd law reform careers, I owe it all to Tony Palmer,