The Big Myth About Visitation Rights for Fathers

9 Things to Say When Your Aunt Lily Asks About Your Divorce

You’ve been through it all: the looks of shock, the sympathetic stares, the denial (“But you two were always so happy!”). As soon as you announced your breakup and hired a Toronto divorce lawyer, it seemed like open season for people to let you know what they thought of your marriage in the first place, and what they now think of your divorce. Haven’t you been through enough without the...

10 Important Reasons You Should Invest in a Child Custody Lawyer

Anyone who has even a passing familiarity with Canadian law knows that technically, you don’t need a lawyer for virtually anything; you can go ‘pro se’, or represent yourself, in most legal matters. But as anyone who has ever been in a courtroom for family matters knows, that doesn’t generally go very well. This is not small claims court, after all, but family court – and the stakes are your...

10 Questions All Divorcing Parents Should Ask Before Fighting Over the Kids

The stigma of divorce on children has decreased in direct proportion to the increase in divorce rates over the last fifty years. No longer are they taunted as products of ‘broken homes.’ In some places, they are the majority. Yet we know that divorce remains a traumatic event in the lives of children. Research suggests that three years after divorce, while most children do not report any...

Is Child Support Over if They are Over 18? The Answer May Surprise You

You love your children, and would do anything for them. After the divorce, you paid not only the minimum support according to the separation agreement, but also for a lot of extras, knowing that kids grow up so fast…and when they do, they’ll be responsible for making their own way in the world. Or will they? The phenomenon of adult children remaining dependent on their parents longer has also...

Married For Over 30 Years & What’s At Risk

After the first ten years of marriage, you felt that you’d made it – gotten through all there was to get through with your spouse. After twenty years of building a life together, you probably noticed how special your relationship was in terms of longevity alone. But at 30 years of marriage, you’re considering getting a divorce. Are You Considering Getting a Divorce? It happens. In fact, it’s...

How Much to Share With Your Children About Your Divorce

Talking to children about your divorce may seem so painful that you begin to question whether it’s even necessary to have such a difficult conversation. Yet you know the time will come when something must be said. The question is what to say, and how to say it. Here is what to keep in mind when talking to children about your divorce. Write out or rehearse what you are going to tell them ahead...

If I Get Divorced now What Happens to my Pension

Getting divorced after years of marriage is hard on you emotionally, mentally, and let’s face it, financially. Everything you accumulated together as a couple during your married life must now be catalogued, valuated and divided. It’s hard to put a price tag on assets that have so much sentimental value, such as the family home and the furnishings you picked together. At least some assets...