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Imaginable Divorce Solutions
Imaginable divorce solutions create unique families situations. Family law is created from precedence and the law gives us guidance as to how to resolve the family transition of a separating couple. Even though everyone's family is different there are certain guidelines that clients are 'boxed' into when they are...
What About the Furniture?
So, what about the furniture? Clients will often ask how to deal with the furniture when they divorcing. Sometimes the physical items also include things like tools, music and camera equipment. How are these things to be valued and split in a reasonable fashion?
There are a few options available to couples when it...
How Long Will It Take?
"How Long Will It Take?"
"How long will it take?" followed by "How much will it cost?" are, often, the two first questions people ask when they have committed to getting a divorce. As I am not a lawyer, I'll address the answer to this question as a...Should You Keep The Matrimonial Home?
Whether you should keep the matrimonial home, or not, comes down to a few essential questions. But one questions stands out more than the rest. Can you afford it?
Communicating By Divorce Email
The advantages and disadvantages of communicating by email when divorcing should be considered. We often try to minimize conflict or simply don't want to deal with it. So sometimes it's easier to send a divorce email and not have to deal with the reaction of your...
Complications of Dealing with a Mentally Challenged Teenager
Dealing with a mentally challenged teenager? Guest Blogger Noel da Silva, Family Law Lawyer from Brampton, Ontario talks about this issue.
Who among us, when in a social setting has not been asked for free advice in the areas of our expertise? The question put to me was, what can you...
Beyond Finances in Divorce
Is It Really About the Money?
Money, money money. Money makes the world go 'round but often when couples fight about money the conflict isn’t actually about money at all. Money provokes all kinds of emotions including fear, greed and the need for power, just to name a...
Dollar Division in Divorce
When it comes to the division of dollars in divorce it's important to understand that not assets measure up, dollar for dollar. Often times, one spouse will want to keep more of one asset and swap out another. One spouse may want to keep the matrimonial home...
Divorced? About to Be? There’s an App for That!
If you are divorced, and have kids to plan for, there may be an app for that. Seems there's an app for almost everything these days. If you're recently divorced, or about to be, there are many options to help parents to co-parent without even having to talk much.
These apps or...
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