Category: Location Questions

If you have been separated for 16 yrs and I want a divorce but we live in different provinces. The ex lives in Alberta and you live in BC.  What do you have to do? and how much will it cost ?

What is the likelihood of successfully challenging a division of pension benefits from 1992 divorce. Was married for 7 years, but she got 10yrs benefit, no kids and worked entire time.

I had signed a waiver and release of all claims when my ex & I were still together. My money went into purchasing our home & I only signed it as the bank wanted it (or so I thought) before we could get financing. Are there any websites I can go to for decisions in […]

Hello, My husband and I have separated for almost 7 months now. He left me and my child at my parents house. He has mortgaged a property in Ajax under his name and his brother’s name; valued at 350,000. I lived there a few years but was forced to leave. Can I claim any rights on the […]

When Court Ordered Shared Custody Doesn’t Work. If the court ordered shared custody is failing, how do you convince a judge? Issues: inability to cooperate/co-parent, poor communication, unreasonable decision-making by one parent, one parent’s refusal to participate in extra-curricular activities, non-payment of one parent for extraordinary expenses. Or are the kids stuck in it forever […]

Hello, my husband has been mentally cruel and at times physically.I would like to know whether monies from contributing to a pension plan from an ex employer has to be divided? rrsp’s?( all accounts are in my name( sole account). we both have separate accounts since the beginning of our relationship, only the house is […]

My husband and I moved to Canada with our children almost two years ago. We are US citizens and both want to stay in Québec permanently, even though we realize we are headed for divorce. He has a student visa and I have a spouse work permit. We are going to apply for permanent residency […]

I was married in France. I am a Canadian who lives permanently in South Korea. My French spouse who I have been separated from for two years lives in Portugal. The country I reside in, Korea, only grants divorces for Korean nationals. French divorce law states that I need to have lived in France in […]

My husband has been unemployed for half of our married lives together and therefore has no RRSP or CPP contributions. He is currently unemployed and has been for the past 4 years. All unemployed time was *not* due to medical issues. I have been employed with the same company for 17 years. What are my […]

Hi; can you please give me some clarity on: if two people are divorcing…and I; the claimant had a car accident in 2008; and in Nov 2014; the trial completed and I am still waiting for the judges decision. I left my marriage and home on March 2013; so it will be over two years […]