A “matrimonial home” has a specific definition in Ontario law. It is the house that a married couple lives in at the time of separation. In common law relationships, there is no legal “matrimonial home.” In such relationships, it is best...
Divorce lawyers in Toronto and throughout Ontario deal with the issue of spousal support regularly. Spousal support, or alimony as it is called in other places, is an amount of money that one spouse has to pay to another after the breakdown of a marr...
The federal and provincial governments have made legislation called the Child Support Guidelines to determine how child support is paid in Ontario. Unlike spousal support, in the vast majority of circumstances your expenses do not matter for the purp...
As mentioned in a separate Resources Post, in Ontario, property is not divided, but rather a payment is made for the value of the difference between the net property each spouse accumulates during the marriage. This payment is called an equalization...
In Ontario, property division is a bit of a misnomer, meaning it does not accurately describe how property issues are dealt with in Ontario. In Ontario, property is generally not physically divided. Rather, the spouse with more property pays the spou...
This is a very complex question. The law has developed in recent years to allow some claims related to property in some common law cases, especially under the concept of a “joint family venture”. However, this is one of the most unpredi...
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