Even though they typically fall under the legal umbrella of marriage contracts, people commonly refer to these types of agreements as prenuptial and post-nuptial contracts. Couples may choose to draft a prenuptial agreement before they marry in order to highlight...
Family Law
The importance of a cohabitation agreement
In recent years, it has become more and more popular for partners to remain unmarried and, instead, pursue a common-law relationship. According to data released in 2019 by Statistics Canada, more than one-fifth of all couples – 21.3 percent – were living common law in...
What are the benefits of mediation?
Popular media likes to portray divorce as a contentious struggle between two parties who have grown to the point of every discussion spiraling into a heated, emotional dispute. Fortunately, many couples decide to part amicably and search for alternative methods for...
Prenups proving to be popular with millennials
Prenups, known as marriage contracts in Canada, are documents that married couples can draft to decide how best to divide any shared assets in the event they separate. A recent study conducted in the United States indicate that there has been an increase of young...