High Income Earners and Spousal Support
Let’s assume that you and your spouse are divorcing. You’re the higher income earner, while your spouse earns less, or might even be unemployed. Let’s also assume that under the principles of Canadian law, it’s clear that your spouse has suffered economic disadvantage from the marriage, and will have an ongoing financial need after your split is final. Unless you and your spouse have already...Ending a Common-Law Relationship? Here’s What You Need to Know
Living together without getting married doesn’t make a relationship any less valid, and those relationships experience the same issues and roadblocks that legally married couples do. Those relationships can also come to an end – even after years together. The process for ending a common-law relationship is not exactly the same as going through a divorce, but there are some important things...by Fine & Associates Common Law Spouses, Property Division, Separation, Spousal SupportApril 29, 2022