By Douglas J. Manning, Partner, Certified Specialist in Family Law
Yes! But why would you want to?
In a recent British Columbia court decision, one of the issues was whether the husband and the wife had entered into an oral marriage contract that excluded the sharing of the wife’s rental property from being shared…
Jodi Armstrong, Partner, Family Law
There are certainly some similarities between a mediation report and a separation agreement: both documents outline agreed upon terms and both, at least appear, to have an air of finality about them. Why then, once parties have gone through the mediation process and have received a final report setting…
David Harris-Lowe, Partner, Family Law
Going through a separation or divorce is often a really challenging experience. It can be legally complex, emotionally challenging, and financially draining. You’re under pressure and it’s tempting to cut corners by handling the separation and divorce without the assistance of a lawyer. Too often this leads to bad…
Barrie Hayes, Partner, Family Law
Statistics Canada has recently released an analytical paper addressing parenting and child support after separation or divorce. Highlights of the paper are as follows:
In 2011, approximately 5,000,000 Canadians had separated or divorced within the last 20 years. Of these, about one quarter currently had at least one child…
Separated but not yet divorced legal spouses should beware of the potential legal effect of a pre existing will which leaves the spouse’s estate to his now estranged wife.
In the recent case of Macarchuk v. Macarchuk the spouses were separated but not divorced. Prior to separation, the husband had made a will naming his…
Thanks to the Internet, we have access to so much information about just about everything. The benefits of information and how quickly we can get it are obvious. So the internet is one tremendous tool and it is truly causing a revolution in education for our entire society. The revolution is affecting every institution from…
The pending nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton have attracted an inordinate amount of public attention. We all seem to be captivated by royalty (whether it be political, sports, entertainment, or the real thing!).
There are some ‘gossipy’ rumors circulating that Prince William and Kate have agreed to enter into a marriage contract that…
On a regular basis I have clients come to me with a rough agreement in hand asking me to draft a Separation Agreement for them. These are the client’s who tell me they are “amicably” separating; they “just want out”, and/or they don’t want to spend a lot of money on legal fees. Quite often…
