Family law
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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