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Legal Separation Agreements
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A couple may decide to separate and end their relationship. In this case, they will need to make important decisions on matters including:
- Marital Home Division – Which spouse will stay in the house
- Equalization – Division of property and all other marital assets
- Child Custody – Decisions concerning where their children will live and who will care for them
- Child Support – All financial support matters including a child and spousal support
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Essential steps towards separation Agreement?
Organize Finances
Once you have decided to separate, you should separate your finances and take the below steps:
- Open an individual bank account in your name for all income, social, and child care benefits you receive
- List all your incomes, assets, and debts – including TFSAs, RRSPs, chequing accounts, savings accounts, insurance policies, vehicles, jewelry, all other valuables, mortgage, line of credits, credit cards with their amount owing
- Keep a copy of all financial documents with themselves including pay stubs of yourself and your partner, statements of bank accounts, RRSPs, car, auto, and health insurance policies, tax returns, business tax returns, ownership documents of the car, home, mortgage documents, credit card statements and all bills for water, hydro, internet
Make a budget
Prepare a detailed budget for you and your children listing the income and the necessary expenses for the month. Contact us for Separation Agreement Lawyers Mississauga.
Confirm date of separation
It is important to identify the date of separation as it has legal implications for certain issues including:
- Divorce application – a couple can apply for divorce only if they have been separated for more than one year
- Division of Property – married couples have a right to share in the property only for the duration of the relationship. The spouse’s entitlement for the share ends once the couple separates unless the property is owned jointly.
Mutually Decide on Issues
Spouses need to make decisions on issues in their relationship including:
- Decisions regarding with whom the children will live, their education, and all child support matters
- Decide on the parenting plan for the children
- Decide on assets and debts
- Decide who will stay in the matrimonial home – married couples have an equal right to stay in the matrimonial home which is not present in the case of common-law couples
- Spousal support -who will pay, its duration, and its amount for one spouse
- Whether or not to go for a divorce and which spouse will apply for it
- One spouse may make a safety plan for themselves and the children if the other spouse has been abusive.
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