When children are involved in your separation, it can be complicated to figure out how parenting will work going forward. Once decision-making responsibility and parenting time for your child have been finalized, your next steps may involve determining what child support will look like. This process can be confusing, considering payments are subject to change …
Read MoreThe Importance of Keeping Gifts and Inheritances Separate From Joint Assets When you and your partner decide to separate or divorce, the assets you accumulated throughout your marriage form your net family property and are be subject to equalization, with a few notable exceptions. However, assets deemed gifts or inheritances may be excluded from net …
Read MoreEstablishing a parenting plan can help you avoid conflict and go the extra mile for your child after a separation or divorce. You and your partner may use a parenting plan to determine more exact details regarding timing, location, and contact than a typical decision-making responsibility or parenting time agreement may provide. We spoke with …
Read MoreThe well-being of a child can be as important to a grandparent as it is to a mother or father. Although most cases dealing with access and decision-making responsibility (formerly custody) are brought by parents, a grandparent may also seek a parenting order. While Canadian law does acknowledge a grandparent’s right to request access to …
Read MoreWith the passing of The Civil Marriages Act in 2005, same sex marriage was finally legalized in Canada. The laws with respect to same-sex (married) couples who are in the process of a separation and/or divorce are identical to heterosexual married couples as long as the parties reside primarily in Canada. For more information on …
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