Please, Please, Keep Your Financial Disclosure for Child Support Up To Date!
If you pay child support, the onus is on you to prove changes in your income UP or DOWN. On June 4, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered the decision Colucci and Colucci (2021 SCC 24 (CanLII)), reminding child support payors that the onus is on them to provide up-to-date, full and frank... Read More
Divorce and Finances: How Can Collaborative Financial Professionals Help?
One of the first concerns that people have when they think about/decide to separate is how to afford to live. How am I going to pay for everything that I need? Everything that our kids need? Meet the obligations that I have and do things that I want to do? Often, people are working from a place... Read More
What is a “Child-Centred” Divorce?
You may have heard the terms “child-focused” or “child-centred” used in connection with separation and divorce. What do those words mean? Being child-focused means seeing the separation and the new family structure from your child’s perspective. Before separation, your kids were used to seeing... Read More
Is January really divorce month?
Anecdotally, lawyers perceive January as being a very busy month for people seeking a divorce. It has been historically known as “Divorce Month.” I’m not aware of actual statistics that bear this out, but it does appear that many families try to keep it together until after the holidays.... Read More