To provide public legal education, Elizabeth Goldenberg provides free seminars on Separation Literacy. Elizabeth has been a family lawyer in London Ontario for 25 years and has witnessed a huge surge of self-represented litigants (SRLs) over the past few years. She sees a need to teach the basic initial choices upon separation, to help people … Read more
Recently, I was asked to draft a cohabitation agreement by a young professional woman. She is previously divorced and owns the home she’ll be living in with her new partner, and her colleagues told her that she should protect her house and establish a set of rules should they separate. This was excellent advice. The … Read more
I was reviewing the documents for a variation of child support motion the other day, and I was amazed that the documents just to start the motion to change and the necessary reply documents had created a brief that was one and a half inches thick before either party had even appeared in Court. There … Read more
This is interesting and exciting! You can now set up or vary child support online. The Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario) has launched a do-it-yourself online Child Support Service, which looks promising. I normally refuse cases involving variations of support because regardless of whether it is to increase or decrease support, it’s impossible to … Read more
Before applying to Court for an uncontested divorce, please speak with a lawyer first, to ensure that applying for divorce is the correct step. A lawyer will ask a few questions to determine whether or not an application for divorce would likely be opposed (contested) and whether or not this is a situation in which … Read more