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Questions about spousal support are complicated with uncertain answers. Although your question mentions eligibility for spousal support, you have correctly identified that eligibility is a different question from how much you will get. Spousal support is very different from child…

It sounds like you have a good case to change the way support is paid. Child support is much more flexible after the age of 18. Available funds, such as a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP), should be used to meet…

The short answer to this is no. Unless you are deemed incompetent to make your own decisions, the Health Care Consent Act, 1996 says you make your own decisions regarding health care. In fact, section 4 of that act says you are presumed…

In Ontario, there is no property division between common-law couples. That means that, as a result of their relationship, they do not share in the value of each other assets or their debts. Your common-law partner’s debts are hers, and…

Living common law is very different from being married, and one important difference is that common law couples do not have a matrimonial home. Married couples cannot kick each other out of the home (or homes) in which they live….

In Canada, section 3(1) of the Divorce Act says that a Court can only grant a divorce if one of the spouses has lived in the Court’s jurisdiction for one year. Since your husband has been living in the other jurisdiction for less…

In Ontario, Family Courts frequently issue orders for retroactive child support, which is a form of back child support. Judges commonly make decisions on retroactive child support, even in cases where the paying parent may not believe they can afford…

When a child attends post-secondary education, the obligation to pay child support increases and a portion of the post-secondary expenses can be added to the amount of required child support. If a parent is paying both child support and spousal…