Category: Location Questions

My husband and I married in his country, we then lived in my country for a few years where our son was born, and we now live in BC. Do we have to get divorced according to BC laws or can we chose between the three countries?

1. My boyfriend and I are thinking about buying a home and moving in together; he has one child that he is paying support for. Feeling that it is not my financial obligation to support another women’s income by financially supporting the child in 2 homes (our roof and hers), what can I do to […]

Why is there no information that I can find on what a wife is required to be paid for spousal support? I’m in Palliative Care and I’ve been told I get fifty percent of his gross pay…pensions, investments, insurance policies ..I was told that one is to remain in my name as a benefactor of […]

Almost two years have passed since my husband and I divorced. I had agreed at the time for my ex to claim undue hardship and pay a reduced amount of child support for 2 years as I felt bad for him at the time. That 2 years is almost up and I would like to […]

I live in a common law relationship for 14 years and we have a 4 years old child. We just move to BC 3 months ago for my partner’s job because of his promotion. When we lived in Quebec, I had a decent job(53k per year) so we shared all the bills and now because […]

Me and my husband were married for almost 5 years and he wants to divorce now. He was the one who paid our bills. I was at school for two years and had part time job, so I I didn’t earn enough money to pay for myself. Now I have work, but I still don’t […]

My husband and I are going through separation. He suggests that we split the matrimonial house, which is under both our names first. Then figure out about other assets. What should I do? Should I split this first and then most probably fight about other property. Everything else is under his name and I doubt […]

How does Ontario Law deal with foreign assets (property) bought after marriage and prior to separation? If the net property worth for wife is higher than husband due to foreign assets, is it possible for the court to split the matrimonial home unequally so that net worth is same for husband and wife?

I was married for 25years and am moving towards retiring and she wants partial payments from my pension. I do not understand what she is entitled to. Is there a formula or a chart that states what the entitlement would be such as a percentage

Recently my wife has asked me for a divorce. I still live in the our jointly owned house with our 2 children and we share a bank account that the bills come out of. She is stating that I have to pay half the bills although she makes double the amount I do. Do I […]