Streamlined Structure

…IT’S AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3…

1. USE EARLY NEUTRAL CONSULTATION™ (ENC) TO GET INFORMATION FIRST.  SEPARATING AND DIVORCING COUPLES GET INFORMATION FIRST TOGETHER OR INDIVIDUALLY. 

WE WILL EMPOWER YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PART OF THE FAMILY LAW PROCESS YOU MAY CAN DO YOURSELVES, AND WHAT PART YOU MAY WANT HELP FROM PROFESSIONALS. 

2. WE EXPLAIN LEGAL AND PROCESS INFORMATION AND OPTIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. 

THE POWER TO NAVIGATE YOUR PATHWAY IS IN YOUR CONTROL.

PARENTING/CHILDREN

  • Parenting and Children Matters
  • Custody (sole/joint), Residence (primary/two), Parenting Time (Access)
  • Co-parenting, Shared Parenting
  • Parenting Schedules (drop off and pick up; holiday schedules; child development, children’s wishes)
  • Mandatory Child Support, Child Support Tables, Section 7 expenses (extra expenses)
  • Income Amounts (determining income amounts)
  • Set-off Formula (for different parent income amounts)
  • Travel Consent (schedules)
  • Relocation (primary residence)
  • Mobility Issues
  • Post-Secondary School costs and decisions
  • Duration of Child Support (termination)
  • Changes in Circumstances

PROPERTY

  • Property Matters (assets, debts, net family property, equalization, exclusions, deductions)
  • Property for Married Couples
  • Property for Unmarried (Common Law) Couples (trusts, joint family ventures)
  • Date of Separation, definition of separation
  • Standard Form Financial Statements
  • Matrimonial Home (role of realty agents, realty lawyers, disposition costs, transferring, sale, listing)
  • Valuation Issues
  • Investments (tax issues, spousal roll)
  • Pension Issues (FSCO Forms, Actuaries)
  • Business Issues (valuation issues, shares)
  • Loans, Family Loans, Promissory Notes
  • Tax Issues (contingent/future taxes)

MONEY MATTERS, FINANCES, INSURANCE, and miscellaneous

  • Spousal Support (amount, duration, tax issues, review issues, termination)
  • Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (SSAGs)
  • Net Disposable Income (NDI)
  • Determining Income Amounts
  • Employment Income, Self-Employed Income, Retirement Income
  • Support Calculators (MySupportCalculator)
  • Life Insurance (irrevocable trustee/irrevocable beneficiary; schedules)
  • Health Insurance
  • Canada Pension Plan (CPP)
  • Scheduling Support Payments
  • Enforcement of Support Payments (FRO)
  • (Legal) Separation Agreements
  • Court Orders
  • Divorce Application
  • Cohabitation Agreements, Prenuptial Agreements
  • How to work efficiently with lawyers and other professionals
  • Waivers
  • Contacts to Professionals

3. WE HELP POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO STAY OUT OF COURT AND COMPLETE YOUR LEGAL AGREEMENT.  THE PATHWAY TO SEPARATION AND DIVORCE SUCCESS IS ONE STEP AWAY…

  • Couple-directed communication and decision-making
  • Self-help and couple/family/children wishes
  • Mediation
  • Negotiation
  • Settlement
  • Collaborative Family Law
  • Family & Child Specialists
  • Family Lawyers
  • Parenting Schedules
  • Divorce Coaching
  • Parenting Coaching
  • Parenting Coordination
  • Individual & Couple Counselling
  • Counselling for Children
  • Financial Specialists
  • Individual & Couple Financial Advice
  • Divorce Financial Specialists

…take the first step with us, and CLICK HERE TO CONTACT us today.