June 1, 2019
How to Avoid 3 Common Mistakes After Divorce
After the legal mechanics of divorce are done, three mistakes turn up over and over again.
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June 1, 2019
After the legal mechanics of divorce are done, three mistakes turn up over and over again.
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Common-law couples in Ontario do not automatically share property in the way married couples do. There is no equalization payment. Each person leaves with what's in their name — unless they can argue a claim for unjust enrichment, construct
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In Ontario, division of property in a divorce is governed by the Family Law Act. The basic rule: married spouses share the increase in the value of property accumulated during the marriage, calculated through what's called an equalization p
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Separation is one of the most stressful events a person can go through. These five practices, drawn from years of supporting clients, help build the resilience you'll lean on.
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Family law is the body of law that governs the legal end of intimate relationships — separation, divorce, common-law breakups — and the issues that follow them. In Ontario, that means custody and access, decision-making for children, child
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When you separate, your debt-to-income ratio is recalculated from scratch. Joint debts that were comfortable on two incomes can suddenly look very different on one. This article walks through what lenders look at, what the standard ratios a
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Jim Jeffcott has been one of Eastern Ontario's strongest voices for the collaborative-law process. In this conversation he explains what collaborative law is — and isn't — and why a settlement built outside the courtroom usually holds up be
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Most people update their will when they marry. Far fewer update it when they separate. The result is a lot of estates where an ex-spouse is still the named executor, beneficiary, or attorney for property.
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A Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA) is a financial professional with specialist training in the financial issues of divorce. In this Clean Break episode, we talk to one about what they bring that a regular financial advisor doesn't
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On this episode of Clean Break, we open up the legal side of separation: what a family lawyer actually does, when you do and don't need litigation, and how the collaborative process compares to mediation.
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Insurance is a part of the divorce conversation that is easy to overlook and expensive to get wrong. Beneficiary designations, life policies tied to support obligations, health benefits suddenly cut off — every one of these can blow a settl
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Most people associate home inspectors with buying or selling a house. In a divorce context, an inspector plays a different role: establishing the real condition (and therefore real value) of the matrimonial home for negotiation purposes.
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