Category: Separation Questions

Me an my husband have recently separated, he has agreed to move out and i stay in the home with our daughter, He does not want me to change all bills to my name , but keep any bills under his name and I pay him for those bills for the house. Is this a […]

My husband and I are separating. We have agreed that he will buy me out of the house; however, the bank is saying they need papers. would this be the separation agreement? If so, would they accept one written amongst the both of us and not signed by a lawyer?

Both my husband and I currently have no job. We have a house and 2 children. He was already done his job (packaged out a few months after returning from a leave)and decided to start a new career when I found out I no longer had a job. He continued with this new career. It […]

Hi, I am a father of 2 boys, separated since 2008,and I am in a process for divorce, I live in Toronto, my question and I want to get my girl friend in to my house and marry soon is there is any legal document that I can make between me and my girl friend […]

I was recently presented with a Separation Agreement written, obviously without legal assistance, by my estranged common law spouse. I refused to sign it. But within it he claims that I must respond within two weeks. Is there a legal time limit to such a response?

My common partner and I ended our relationship in January 2014. He is not on the title to my home nor has he contributed financially to the home in any way since November 2013. The home was purchased with funds gifted to me alone by my parents and they are on the mortgage and the […]

I am sponsored by my common law husband and this is my 12th year in Canada, over the past 12 years I have been verbally abused, but was not in a financial position to leave. Recently he has been threatening to kick me out of his home. The threats are becoming really serious. I have […]

I am separating from my common-law partner with whom I have two boys aged 5 and 3. As their father, I would like more than anything to have sole custody while allowing my partner to visit them at any time. I am strongly convinced that both our children will be best off under my care […]

I separated with my ex and we signed an agreement that states that neither would incurr debts in the others name. He failed to take my name off his bills and now creditors are calling me to pay the debts. What are my options? Am I forced to pay the debts or is there some […]

if a spouse visits inconsistently and irregularly without notice and stays at the home of the mother and child, for a long period of time like 4 weeks, does this affect the one year period and ownership of the house that was purchased after the initial separation?