Recent Blog Posts
Ontario Marriage Annulment Laws
Compared to some other countries, Canada lets couples’ actions speak for themselves about whether they are a family unit. You and your partner can form a common law marriage without the court’s intervention, and you can end your marriage without the court’s intervention. If you get legally married, and the government issues a marriage… Read More »
Ontario Simple Divorce Laws
Wouldn’t everyone whose marriage has broken up love to get a simple divorce? It is easy to find advice about how to make your divorce less messy. Some people will tell you to put aside your people-pleasing tendencies and fight for what you want in your divorce, because if you don’t, you will be… Read More »
Can Your Parenting Plan Handle Summer Vacation?
Congratulations on making it through a school year of co-parenting with your ex-spouse. You are finally starting to believe what everyone has been saying, namely that co-parenting gets easier as time goes on; you are already feeling confident about the next school year. Being the only adult responsible for supervising homework and transporting children… Read More »
Legal Separation in Ontario
When the person sitting across the table from you in the revolving restaurant atop the CN Tower on your first date describes himself as “separated but not divorced,” you should make a beeline for the elevator and spend the long, lonely elevator ride to the street level thanking your lucky stars that you did… Read More »
Are Co-Parenting Apps Just a Gimmick?
Text messaging apps such as What’s App are hardly a conduit of family harmony. Even in the case of parents with intact marriages, no one is happier when your daughter texts your family group a piece of vegan propaganda, and your son responds by texting the family group a piece of anti-vegan propaganda. You… Read More »
Cohabitation Agreements
Common law spouses have more rights in Canada than they do south of the border in the United States. Since couples who have not legally formalized their marriage do not need the court’s permission to separate, the court also does not intervene in decisions about dividing their property; there is no marital property without… Read More »
Selling the Marital Home in Divorce
Divorce means getting used to a lot of changes, only some of which are welcome. For example, returning to the workforce after divorce can help you rediscover an extraverted side of yourself that you had forgotten existed. Spending the holidays with your siblings and your children after divorce can be as much fun as… Read More »
What Is Bird Nesting, and Can It Work for Your Family?
The most selfish people only think about how divorce and co-parenting will affect them. They think about how much they will miss their children during their ex’s parenting time, and they worry that their ex will undermine their parenting style. If you have enough emotional intelligence, though, you will also think about how co-parenting… Read More »
Immigration, Divorce, and Domestic Violence
From the perspective of immigration law, it is easier and faster to enter the United States as the fiancée of a United States citizen than as a spouse. Therefore, once USCIS issues your fiancé visa, things move quickly. You must legally marry your partner within 90 days of arriving in the United States and… Read More »
P Visas for Performers
The United States offers employment-based visas for a variety of occupations, but many of these are difficult to get and require you to get and keep employment with a particular employer. Of course, professional sports and the performing arts are a world of their own. Therefore, it makes sense for professional athletes and artistic… Read More »