Maintaining a Good Relationship With Your Children While Undergoing a Divorce
Your relationship with your spouse may have failed, but you are both determined to handle it like adults. After the separation and the dealings with your divorce lawyer, you want the children to have the exact same feelings of safety and well-being around mum and dad that they do now. The unfortunate fact is, no matter how loving your family is, your relationship with your children after...
How Can I Overcome my Spouse Cheating?
Cheating of some kind (sexual, emotional, facebook) is common in relationships. Even if the person who has been cheated on saw it coming, knows the relationship is troubled, or has suspected infidelity in the past, there is still no way to emotionally prepare for the fact that your partner has, in whatever way, chosen someone else over you. Should I Stay or Should I Go? For some people,...Canada Divorce Rate Statistics: What Does The Future Hold?
According to a 2011 General Social Survey on Families, around five million Canadians either divorced or separated sometime within the last 20 years. Clinical counselor Bill Wagg said: “We are the first and second generation to have such a high divorce rate. In the last 10 years, there’s been a real effort to have children spend equal time with each parent. We don’t know yet...Helping Your Children Adjust to Your Divorce
This article was written by Teresa Virani, Co-Founder of coparently – a scheduling and communication tool for divorced and separated parents to organize & manage shared parenting. Divorce is difficult for children of all ages. It’s a sad, confusing time for kids and causes a lot of stress, hurt and anger. Why are you splitting up? Is it my fault? What can I do to make it better? These are...Divorce Lawyers In Thornhill Ontario
Under the federal statute, divorce is granted in Canada on one ground; marriage breakdown. You can prove marriage breakdown in court if you and your spouse have been separated for a year or if there have been cases of adultery or cruelty. It is difficult to get a divorce based on adultery because your spouse may contest this in court making the whole process time consuming and expensive. If...Settlor of a Trust, Assets & FLA purposes
There is ample case law confirming that the beneficiary of a trust has a property interest for FLA purposes. Black v. Black, O.J. No. 1975, 18 R.F.L. (3d) 303 (H.C.J.); Brinkos v. Brinkos, O.J. No. 1140, 20 R.F.L. (3d) 445; and many others. I have never seen a case where a non-beneficiary of a trust was found to have a property interest in the trust for FLA purposes. In Spencer v. Riesberry,...Family Law Lawyers In North York
In Canada, the federal government handles marriage and divorce and is legislated under the Divorce Act. It also has jurisdiction over custodial and access matters, and spousal and child support during and after divorce. Many people going through divorce are unsure and worry about the whole process. Whether you are having trouble with child custody, access, spousal support, hidden assets,...
Reasonable Priced Family Lawyer In Toronto
Family law is important to most Canadians as it regulates relationship between spouses, parents and their children. According to the Canadian family law, marriage and divorce are governed by federal jurisdiction. Other issues including adoption, division of matrimonial property and child support fall under provincial laws which vary across different jurisdictions. The average cost of divorce...Divorce And Annulment Lawyers In Toronto
Finding the right divorce and annulment lawyers in Toronto is of the utmost importance, not just for your wallet, but also for your family’s future and your own sanity. With that in mind, we’re going to talk you through some of the traits and things you can expect from a good lawyer, along with some of the warning bells you should try and avoid at all costs. Traits of reputable...