Category: Ottawa Questions

My spouse and I have been together for 10 years and 9 months, living together for over 5 years.. We have been talking about selling our home or him buying me out.. I'm not sure which would be best for me because I'm in between jobs, he's a property appraiser and makes decent money... also, […]

Married in one Province, living in two different provinces. We were married in Manitoba in 2008 but were living in Alberta at the time. We split up on 2013 and haven't lived together since March of that year. I continued living in Alberta until December 2014 and now live in Ontario. She moved back to […]

Separation agreement was in place. Filed for divorce ourselves uncontested. When filing For divorce, papers had a section where parts of separation agreement could be added to survive divorce? So if no parts were included, does that mean that no orders from SA survived the divorce are all null and void. I.e. Paying for others […]

My husband wants a separation , and insist on selling the matrimonial house and dividing the profit.We are mortgage free. About 10 years ago I got total of 80 000 inheritance from my fathers estate which I put in paying off the line of credit and some home improvements. Can I recover any of my inheritance […]

My ex wife and I both live in Phuket, Thailand and have agreed to an uncontested divorce. We were married in Ontario in 2005 and lived in Canada together until 2005. In Thailand, we have not lived together since 2006. Assets have already been amicably split. The question is: Can we file the paperwork from […]

I am a 52 year old grandmother raising my grand-daughter since she was born and will be 7 the end of Feb. My husband and I separated 4 years ago and I am the main care giver for this child. Shouldn't my ex husband still have the same legal obligations of support as if it […]

My husband and I have been separated for 4 1/2 yrs. He is currently living with another woman. He has been living with her for 3 yrs. I have received no support from him for the past 2yrs. We have nothing in writing re:separation agreement. Who has a legal right to his property, money etc […]

My spouse wants to fill for a divorce in Nigeria were we got married before coming to Canada. If we get the divorce in Nigeria certificate, do I have to present it to a Canadian office before remarrying

I separated from my ex 11 years ago. We never went through lawyers. He made less than I at the time of separation. We each had our child 50% of the time and each provided equally. Now he is on social assistance, I pay for everything for our child, help him (when he runs out […]

My ex owns one house, mortgage free, which she lives in and a second one with a family member that is being renovated to be sold for a profit. At this point she is not making any money off the income property but could this be somehow factored into her annual income? Also the fact […]