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Spousal Support
Spousal Support Guidelines serve as a tool to enable financial equity between ex-partners after separation. Either partner can seek support, and fault is not a consideration in entitlement. Spousal Support is not an automatic right and is not restricted to married partners. In Ontario, the Spousal Support Advisory Guideline is a reference range for the…
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Child Support
The Canadian government makes it clear, regardless of the status of your romantic relationship with your co-parent, if you have conceived a child, or played the role of standing in the place of a parent, then you are subject to Child Support obligations and Section 7 Expenses. Part 1. Monthly Child Support Obligation The purpose…
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Financial Support
A common fear amongst partners during separation or divorce is affordability. Can you afford your home, or will you need to move? Will you be able to retire? Divorce does shift the distribution of income once dedicated to a single family to now support the needs across two homes. There are two areas of consideration…
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Parenting Plans
Generally, when responsibility for a child is shared with another person, you and that individual are forever intertwined as parenting partners for the length of the child‘s life. When parents separate, the change in family structure can have profound emotional effects on everyone, but children are particularly vulnerable to feelings of anxiety, fear, and isolation.…
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Division of Assets
When separating the legal identity of a relationship informs a party’s rights over how assets are divided. Did you know? In Ontario the Family Law Act, provides for the equal division of financial gains made during a marriage, only to legally recognized married partners. Whereas common-law partnerships are limited to the assets that they brought…
