An updated edition of this guide to navigating the often choppy waters of divorce includes new information on the causes of marriage breakdown and separation; when you need legal aid; provincial guidelines for child support; legislation around common-law and same sex marriage; mediation and arbitration; and marriages of convenience, among many other issues. The author has been practising law for 30 years in Canada and features regularly in the broadcast and print media.
Record details
ISBN:9781118083963 (sc.) :
ISBN:1118083962 (sc.)
Physical Description:print xii, 356 p. : forms ; 23 cm.
Edition:5th ed.
Publisher:Mississauga, Ont. : John Wiley & Sons Canada, c2012.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
ch. 1 Taking A Look at Ourselves: The Emotional Stages of Marriage Breakdown -- ch. 2 Taking A Look At Lawyers: Take Charge of the Relationship -- ch. 3 Taking a Look at the Process: Understanding Family Law and the Legal System -- ch. 4 Getting a Divorce: Dissolving the Marriage Vows -- ch. 5 Dividing The Family's Property: Get Your Fair Share from the Marriage Partnership -- ch. 6 Obligations to the Children of a Divorce: Every Parent's Top Priority -- ch. 7 Support: Financial Assistance after Separation -- ch. 8 Common Law Spouses Have Rights too: (Just Not the Same as Married Couples) -- ch. 9 Settling Your Differences: Avoiding the Courtroom -- ch. 10 Not Settling Your Differences: Going to Court -- ch. 11 Alternatives to Court: Mediation, Arbitration and Collaborative Family Law -- ch. 12 Enforcing Family Law Orders: Making an Order Stick -- ch. 13 Grandparents and "Other Interested Persons" -- ch. 14 Domestic Violence: A Problem that Just Won't Go Away -- ch. 15 Marriage Contracts and Cohabitation Agreements: Managing Your Relationship---Contractually -- ch. 16 Family Law and Your Will -- ch. 17 Self Representation: How to Represent Yourself -- Appendix A Some Important Paperwork -- Appendix B (To be Attached to a Full Separation Agreement): The Parenting Plan -- Appendix C Table of Common Law Rights and Responsibilities -- Appendix D Canadian Child Support Guidelines.
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