Spousal Support Archives

August 18

Posted By: bookmanlaw
Posted In: Child Support , Child Support Guidelines , Divorce , Family Law , Lawyers , Separation , Spousal Support , Spouses
Tags: Divorce, Family Law, Family Law Act, Family Law Matters, Joint Custody, Joint Property, Separation, Separation Law, Spousal Support, Spousal Support Payments
Date: August 18, 2017
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Valuing Assets and Income in Ontario Separation Law

Valuing Assets and Income When Separating When people separate they are often not aware that they must divide their property with their spouse. The basic formula is to value everything you own at the date of separation, deduct your debts on the date of separation, and then deduct what you brought in...

January 08

Posted By: bookmanlaw
Posted In: Child Support , Children , Common Law , Divorce , Family Law , Grandparent Rights , Judges , Lawyers , Separation , Spousal Support , Spouses , Status Quo
Date: January 8, 2016
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IS THERE SUCH A THING AS JUSTICE IN FAMILY LAW?

The starting point in answering this question might be: What is your definition of Justice? Is it getting your way? Getting what you want? Is it feeling like someone has made a careful and balanced decision so that win or lose you feel like the process was fair? I don’t know what the answer is...

May 06

Posted By: bookmanlaw
Posted In: Child Support , Common Law , Divorce , Family Law , Parenting , Separation , Shared Parenting , Spousal Support , Spouses
Tags: Divorce, Family, Family Law Rules, Separation, Support
Date: May 6, 2015
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Changes to the Family Law Rules – NEW Financial Disclosure Requirements

On May 2, 2015 a number of important changes to the Family Law Rules came into force. One of the most significant changes relates financial disclosure that every party in a family law case is now automatically required to produce. Since financial disclosure issues often slow down family law proceedi...

March 16

Posted By: bookmanlaw
Posted In: Common Law , Family Law , Spousal Support , Spouses , Trusts
Tags: Constructive Trusts, Family Law Act, Family Law Matters, Joint Property, Legislation
Date: March 16, 2014
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COMMON LAW & JOINT INVESTMENTS by Gillian Bookman

You’re in love and happily move in together. You’ve both been married before, have grown children, and see no need to marry. You are looking forward to retiring together and are happy making future retirement plans. You both decide to buy a home that you can retire to. Meanwhile, you rent it out...