Anne-France Goldwater

About Anne-France

Anne-France Goldwater founded Goldwater Droit in 1981, the year she was called to the Quebec Bar, and remains one of Quebec's most prominent family law litigators. Her four-decade practice has included appearances before the Superior Court, the Quebec Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, and she has established precedents on parental alienation, the procedural rights of children in matrimonial litigation, same-sex marriage and spousal support for common-law partners. She acted in Hendricks v. Québec, which struck down the prohibition on same-sex marriage in Quebec ahead of national legalization, and in Eric v. Lola, in which the Quebec Court of Appeal extended spousal support rights to common-law spouses. Her other Supreme Court work includes Bruker v. Marcovitz on the enforceability of religious divorce promises. She holds a B.C.L. from McGill University (1980) and received the Canadian Bar Association's SOGIC Ally Award in 2003 for her work on equality for same-sex couples. She works in English, French, Spanish and Yiddish.

Education & credentials

Law school

McGill University