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https://www.torontodivorcelaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Radio-interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this transcribed interview with Jamie Busson of The Tonic Talk Show, family and divorce lawyer Daniel Dominitz of Fine & Associates Professional Corporation offers advice on spousal support, child support and family law and...
After years of hard work, your company is laying you off. You’re upset and frustrated, but at least you’ll be getting severance pay. What if you’re going through a divorce around the same time – does your ex get to keep any part of your Ontario severance package? Read on to learn about laws in Ontario regarding severance pay, divorce, and property.
Divorce in Ontario: Some Important...
Many people turn to online spousal support calculators, in hopes of making sense of their situation. The anxiety of not knowing what support they can hope for will lead them to try anything.
But you can’t trust an online calculator to give you the whole picture. These tools are not complex enough to be able to give you a good sense of what to expect, especially as your case may not fit...
Are you a father who has just been ordered to pay child support? You’re in an unfamiliar and confusing situation.
It can also be a frustrating state of affairs if you believe you are paying more than you should, or if your ex-spouse isn’t spending the money according to the agreement. Read on to learn what you need to know about being a father who pays child support.
The...
One of the most devastating consequences of divorce is the financial impact it has on your ability to take care of your children. Child support law in Canada is set up to ensure that kids, who already suffer negative effects from the end of their parents’ marriage, receive financial support from the husband, especially when the divorce compromises the household income of a wife.
Child...
Is a person entitled to credit for overpayment of past spousal support and to termination of spousal support when the property issues between the parties have been determined?
(1) Should the entire date-of-separation value of White Holdings (“the Corporation”), a corporation of which your client, Mr. White, holds the preferred shares, be included in your client’s NFP; and
(2) Is your client...
If a spouse receives a large equalization payment is she still entitled to spousal support?
You informed me that your client is a stock trader who left his employment during the marriage to manage his own stocks. The value of his stocks exceeds $10 million. The stocks are the sole source of his income, by way of dividends and such. Your client splits income with his wife. Their combined income...
Simple math dictates that two households cost more to run than one. Expecting to maintain your current standard of living based solely on Child support and Spousal support payments will prove to be difficult, because the court knows your ex now also has a household to maintain.
Of course, anything can happen in the future – you could win the lottery, for example – but there are far more...
Going through a divorce is a stressful and emotionally overwhelming time. Both parties can get caught up in name-calling or verbal attacks.
However, amidst all the turbulent emotions, mothers going through a divorce need to keep certain things in mind. One of those things is their right to spousal support.
Canadian Laws on Spousal Support
Until 1968, there was no federal law in Canada that...
Spousal support is an amount of money that one former spouse pays the other on a monthly, weekly or biweekly basis. Although the courts will consider various criteria when they are deciding on whether to administer spousal support, the gender of the spouse requesting the support is not one of those criteria.
Spousal support has more to do with the income of both of the spouses, and the lower...