When most couples decide to end their marriage the matter is not immediately resolved. Usually there is a period of time before filing for divorce that the couple lives apart. During that time couples who know for sure that they do not want to stay together, may start to work through some of the issues that need to be addressed. Depending on the specifics of…
The Ontario based adultery website, AshleyMadison.com, has recently been the victim of a cyberattack that has grabbed the attention of many news media outlets. The hackers have threatened to publish the confidential customer information of the website’s users – many have raised the spectre of a spike in divorce rates if this threat is carried out. What do such revelations of adultery really mean for…
There is no question that for most a divorce is one of the most stressful things someone will face. When a marriage ends many of the things that form the core of someone’s life are changed. In most cases stress makes the divorce process that much more difficult to handle. Accordingly, people are often open to techniques and processes that could reduce the stress. Currently,…
In one of our posts from March, we discussed the upward trend of divorce among baby boomers and how separating seniors may have complex property division concerns. Dividing matrimonial property may be particularly complicated if either party has gone through a prior divorce or brought children into the marriage. A recent report on bankruptcy filings among seniors in Ontario underscores the importance of reaching a…
The federal Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines are commonly used to determine the amount and duration of spousal support to be paid. When using the guidelines’ formulas for calculating support, it is important that each party’s reported income is accurate. The guidelines are designed to generate a range of support amounts for a given situation, so really the guidelines provide a general starting point for deciding…
Statistics Canada stopped collecting information strictly about divorces in 2008, but up until then the divorce trends in Canada were relatively stable. In recent decades, the annual rate of divorce has ranged from 35 per cent to 42 per cent, with the rate in 2008 being about 40 per cent. That year there were reportedly 70,226 divorces in Canada. Sadly, these numbers reflect frequent emotional…