Category: Separation Questions

I've been separated for the last 20 years, I'm in Canada for the last 10 years he is in Europe. I want to buy a house on my name. If I sell it at a later date, is he entitled to half of the capital gains or can he claim any of the profit made […]

Hi, my fiancée has been attempting to obtain a separation agreement in order to file for divorce. However this has been met with resistance and unwillingness to sign anything if drawn up. Suggestion of mediator to help navigate discussions has also been dismissed. Can a divorce still be filed If a party is unwilling to cooperate?

Hello We are in the process of doing up the separation agreement. We have figured out how much Child Support we should be receiving using the child support calculator. My spouse refuses to pay until the separation agreement is signed. Which can take months. Is this allowed? How can I get the child support owed […]

My husband and I have been separated, sleeping in separate bedrooms since April 29. Is it adultery if one of us starts another relationship before we have a separation agreement signed?

My husband is a drug addict. he tried to get help but relapses often, it is also due to the nature of his job and people that he surrounds himself with. I want to separate because he is not here (mentally or physically) but he does not agree, I am financially dependable on him but […]

Me and my wife don't live together anymore not divorce yet just separation!! So if I bought house in my name now. can she still claim my house after divorce? cuz she lives different address and I live different address

I need help understanding property and financial divisions in common law. If a couple have been together for 11 years, and one person owns the house, the other came into the house thru the relationship. In 2012, the non owner was put on the deed of the house but not the mortgage. ?#1. Are they […]

I have nothing to start with and no clue how to. My husband and I are newly weds who are young and have been together a while however he has become possessive and negligent since we have gotten married he has also become irritable violent and manipulative. I do not have anything but a small […]

What does separation involve compared to divorce?

My husband and I are drafting our separation agreement, and I am wondering if witnesses are required to be present at time of signing the separation agreement in order to make it legally binding and enforceable by court? Lucy