Over the past years, mediation has been brought into the mainstream of dispute resolution in Canada. All levels of government are now using mediated processes to resolve a variety of different types of conflict. The rapid growth of the mediation processes, coupled with the fact that...
AccorAccording to recent statistics, there are over 14.3 million married people living in Canada currently. Although the divorce statistics in the country are not as high compared to some neighboring countries and other countries in the world, it is still 10 for every thousand marriages.
The new reality of palliative care in which we are living reminds me of the following tale. There once was a frail elderly man who lived with his son, daughter-in-law and four-year-old grandson. One day, the son became impatient with his elderly father, because in his...
In order to claim spousal support from a former common law spouse, you must satisfy the courts that you and your former spouse qualified as spouses under the law. For couples who are not married, section 29 of the Family Law Act (FLA) defines spouses as...
Did you know that marriage revokes a pre-existing Will? In other words, if you sign a Will today that gives everything to your common law spouse, and you get married to her tomorrow, your Will is revoked on the day you got married. But, you...
Many clients are unaware how their marital status plays an important part in determining their rights once their relationship ends. To shed some light on this topic, we must establish that there are two types of relationships that engender financial consequences for both spouses: the...
