Family Law
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When a DNA test reveals that Carla's child was switched at birth, Abby fights for her client. Sofia's school essay makes Abby question the work she's done to stay sober.
Abby's client, Naomi, wants a medically assisted death before Alzheimer's destroys her capacity to consent, but Naomi's grieving son seeks a court order to block her access.
The parallels to their own lives are unmistakable when both Abby and Daniel represent clients who want something a court can't order: their parents' respect.
When the lucrative Bass divorce is derailed by allegations of husband Connery's embezzling, Abby and Daniel race to get their client, Sabrina, clear.
When a heart attack lands Judge Chip Crombie in hospital and both his wives show up, Abby revels in her nemesis' shame at being exposed as a bigamist.
Abby scrambles to undo damage after she advises a pair of exhausted parents to surrender their autistic son to the Ministry for support and her clients are charged with neglect.
Abby finds herself playing both lawyer and counsellor as she helps a paranoid and deeply closeted actor avoid being outed to the public when his bitter ex writes a play about him.
Abby represents an environmental activist whose devotion to the cause might cost him custody of his children. Meanwhile, a meeting with an old flame lands Harry in trouble.
When a biased judge rules against Daniel's petition to have a scam marriage annulled, Abby uses Cecil as bait to trap the romance fraudster.
Still dealing with the aftermath of her own divorce, Abby represents Hannah, whose ex-husband left her and now wants to use their last remaining embryo to start a new family.
Season 2
Abby is torn between her new life at Svensson and Svensson, and a lucrative offer from her former firm. Lucy asks Abby to represent her as she fights for status as Harmony's parent.
The firm represents Charisma Singhal, a young superstar whose reckless behaviour has led her older brother to push for a conservatorship, àla Britney Spears.
Abby can't help but intervene when she discovers Jerri's daughter won't let Jerri meet her grandchild. But Abby's meddling reopens old wounds from Jerri's past.
Abby and Daniel represent Drew, a forty-year-old man whose parents want to evict him from their basement.
Separated from her kids, Abby throws herself into helping Jessie, a woman who claims that her ex-husband is harassing her. Abby and Daniel suspect she is doing it to herself...
The firm represents Phaedra, a recent widow, in an estate dispute. Her late husband's daughter, wants her out of the will because they met while her mother was still alive... and Phaedra was his 'escort'.
The lawyers represent a mail-order bride whose husband wants to annul the marriage and have her deported.
Abby and Daniel represent a woman whose divorce gets ugly when her ex husband accuses her of being in a cult.
Abby and Daniel represent a trans teenager whose grandfather is blocking her access to hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Still reeling from the discovery of Frank's continued affair, Abby sets out to get justice for a debt-ridden widow whose husband may have faked his own death...