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5 Things That Make the Matrimonial Home Unique

5 Things That Make the Matrimonial Home Unique In Ontario, once a marriage ends the property-division provisions of the Family Law Act are triggered and property is divided essentially in equal...

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Wednesday’s Video Clip: Transfer of Property in Ontario Separation or Divorce

In Ontario, whenever there’s a marriage breakdown, and spouses separate or divorce, if they jointly own property, then usually one spouse will release his or her interest in that property, either in...

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Wednesday’s Video Clip: Transfer of Property in Ontario Separation or Divorce

Transfer of Property in Ontario Separation or Divorce In Ontario, whenever there’s a marriage breakdown, and spouses separate or divorce, if they jointly own property, then usually one spouse will...

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Property Inside a Parent’s Legal Trust Does Not Give Children an “Interest”...

Property Inside a Parent’s Legal Trust Does Not Give Children an “Interest” in a Matrimonial Home In an Ontario Court of Appeal decision released last week, the court was faced with the question of...

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Judge Finds Husband and Wife Never Lived Together – Wife Gets to Keep...

Judge Finds Husband and Wife Never Lived Together – Wife Gets to Keep So-Called “Matrimonial Home” In a decision called In Mohamed v. Salad, recently affirmed by the Ontario Court of Appeal, the...

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Husband Plots to Quit Paying Property Taxes – Then Buy Matrimonial Home Out...

Husband Plots to Quit Paying Property Taxes – Then Buy Matrimonial Home Out from Under Wife At Tax Sale This was a case in which the separated husband tried to use his own default in paying property...

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Wednesday’s Video Clip: Five things you should know about common law...

Wednesday’s Video Clip: Five things you should know about common law relationships? Simply put, a common law relationship can arise any time two parties are living together without being formally...

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Thinking of Sponsoring a Spouse to Come to Canada? Important Changes You...

Thinking of Sponsoring a Spouse to Come to Canada? Important Changes You Should Know The federal Minister of Immigration has recently introduced a series of important changes to the spousal...

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Selling the Matrimonial Home – What if One Spouse Won’t Co-operate?

Selling the Matrimonial Home – What if One Spouse Won’t Co-operate? A recent decision called Ivancevic-Berisa v. Berisa shows what Ontario courts can do if one spouse refuses to co-operate in selling...

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We’re Officially Separated – Can I Change the Locks on the House?

We’re Officially Separated – Can I Change the Locks on the House? When a couple first separates under contentious circumstances, I will often get questions about what each party’s respective rights...

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Did These Separated Spouses Intend to Change Title to their Matrimonial Home?

Did These Separated Spouses Intend to Change Title to their Matrimonial Home? The question in a recent Ontario case called Hansen Estate v. Hansen was whether the husband and wife had engaged in a...

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Transfer of Property Upon Separation or Divorce

  Wednesday’s Video Clip: Transfer of Property Upon Separation or Divorce In Ontario, whenever there’s a marriage breakdown, and spouses separate or divorce, if they jointly own property, then usually...

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Is the Family Responsibility Office Culpable for its Screw-Ups?

    Is the Family Responsibility Office Culpable for its Screw-Ups? In a prior blog Top 5 Tips for Dealing with the Family Responsibility Office I gave some tips on how to effectively deal with the...

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Leaving lost wages? Court may order an unequal division property.

Leaving lost wages? Court may order an unequal division property. This week, we take a look at gambling: specifically, situations where a spouse fritters away money during the marriage on...

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Should Court Foster Husband’s Unrealistic Future Plans?

Should Court Foster Husband’s Unrealistic Future Plans? Part of the court’s role in deciding Family Law matters is to make orders that help move matters forward between a divorcing couple, to the...

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Husband Reneges on Post-Separation House Transfer – What Do Courts Do About...

  Husband Reneges on Post-Separation House Transfer – What Do Courts Do About Broken Promises? Broken marriages are often filled with broken promises. And sometimes those broken promises extend well...

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The Down-Side of Trying to Snitch on Your Ex

The Down-Side of Trying to Snitch on Your Ex In a recent case called Akwiwu v. Umeugo, the court began its judgment with the following: This hearing is the latest in a long series of court hearings in...

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Mortgage Default and the Matrimonial Home

  Mortgage Default and the Matrimonial Home As if Family Law wasn’t complicated enough, scenarios involving separation and divorce can get tricky in cases where the matrimonial home is subject to a...

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Selling the Matrimonial Home: Is $37,000 for Home-Staging and Prep-Costs...

  Selling the Matrimonial Home: Is $37,000 for Home-Staging and Prep-Costs Reasonable? In a recent Ontario case the couple, both of whom were physicians, separated after a 31-year marriage. The wife...

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Can a Sailboat Be a “Matrimonial Home”?

Can a Sailboat Be a “Matrimonial Home”? I have written in prior blog  “5 Things That Make the Matrimonial Home Unique”  that the definition of “matrimonial home” is generally defined by Ontario Family...

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