Separation

Today’s guest blogger is writing about the 5 mistakes made by people who are in family court. While the advice is sound, it reinforces to me how undesirable it is…

Registered Retirement Savings Plans are the main savings vehicle for many Canadians, especially those who don’t have a pension through their employment. As a result, upon separation and divorce, RRSPs…

There is a saying… “the Devil is in the Details”…. meaning details that are overlooked can cause problems later. No doubt this is true when drafting a separation agreement. Attention…

I have four children and my wife is pregnant. Children are the focus of our lives. The first three are from my first marriage. I remember feeling very worried about how…

Darren Robinson is a mortgage broker in Barrie. He helps many clients who are going through a divorce refinance their homes and get on their feet. He has some interesting…

Barrie ON Divorce ‘Expo’ Eases Stress of Breaking Up! “The Starting Over Show,” an event dubbed as Ontario’s first Divorce and Separation Expo is being staged to give separating and…

If you are separating or divorcing, you have a story to tell. It’s a story that starts with happiness and hopefulness and ends in sadness and separation. When I separated,…

All relationships are trying at times but perhaps one of the more difficult ones is between a “new wife” and the “ex-wife”. (Probably this is true for the “new husband”…

Separation and divorce are hard on children. Frankly, it’s hard on everyone, adult children included. Often separating couples see their adult children as being more able to cope with their…

The Parental Planner is a new way for separated parents to communicate with one another. It is essentially a communications journal that is passed between parents at the time of…

Everyone hates having to do a sworn financial statement. This is a court form used in Ontario to list your assets, debts, income and expenses.  It is long, cumbersome and,…

Summer is fast approaching. Now is the time to begin to work on your summer access schedule. Some separated families have the summer schedule set for every summer. Mom will…