Ontario Family Court Locations
Addresses, phone numbers and hours for the Ontario courthouses that hear family matters — starting with the ones our clients actually attend, and which court hears what.
Family law
The separation agreement checklist: what has to be settled before you sign
A complete agreement generally deals with all of the following.
A complete agreement generally deals with all of the following. If yours is silent on one of them, ask why.
1. Parenting time and decision-making responsibility. 2. Child support — the table amount under the Child Support Guidelines, plus each parent's share of special or extraordinary expenses. 3. Spousal support — amount and duration, or an explicit release. 4. The matrimonial home. 5. Equalization of net family property, for married spouses. 6. Pensions. 7. Debts — who carries what, and what happens if they don't. 8. Life insurance securing support obligations. 9. How future disputes get resolved.
And two that sit underneath all of it: full and honest financial disclosure, and independent legal advice for each party. Incomplete disclosure is far and away the most common reason an agreement gets set aside years later.
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Mediation vs. litigation: what the difference really costs
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Married vs. common-law in Ontario: the property gap nobody warns you about
Married spouses in Ontario are entitled to equalization of net family property under the Family Law Act, and both have possessory rights in the matrimonial home regardless of whose name is on title.
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