CHILDREN

• decision-making responsibility, parenting time and relocation (formerly known as “custody”, “access” and “mobility”)

• expert involvement, including the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, Section 30 CLRA Assessments, Voice of Child Reports

• mobility (changing children’s residence), issues related to travel, change of name

• contact resistance

• alienation, and many others.

DIVIDING PROPERTY AND DEBTS ON SEPARATION

(for both married and common-law spouses)

• equalization of net family property

• division of property based on trust principles, joint family venture

• all issues related to the matrimonial home and common residence

• sale of property

• post-separation accounting

• business-related issues on separation

CHILD SUPPORT

• table child support, as well as contributions to Section 7 (special or extraordinary expenses)

• income for the purposes of calculating child support

• child support in shared and split parenting situations

• post-secondary school expenses

• child support for children over 18 years of age

• review and variation of child support

  SPOUSAL SUPPORT

• entitlement

• quantum (amount) and duration (the length of time it is paid)

• compensatory and needs-based spousal support

• income for the purposes of calculating spousal support

• review and variation of spousal support

DOMESTIC CONTRACTS - NEGOTIATION & DRAFTING

• Marriage Contracts (pre-nups)

• Parenting Plans

• Cohabitation Agreements

• Separation Agreements

• Interim Parenting, Support and House Sale Agreements