David I. Botnick graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1981 and was called to the Bar of Ontario in April 1983. He is currently a partner in a law office in northwest Toronto, where he practices largely in the areas of family law, wills and estates, real estate, and personal injury. He has written booklets and newspaper articles on various legal topics of interest to the general public. His goal in his writing and in his practice is to make the law understandable and useful for everyone. He is also the author of Wills for Ontario and Ontario: Marriage, Separation, and Divorce, two other titles in the Self-Counsel Press series.