Spousal support can provide critical financial resources for someone after a couple divorces or separates. However, it can be a heated topic, so it can be helpful to consider some tips before you and your partner or soon-to-be-ex talk about it. One thing everyone...
Spousal support is a legal issue that people might hear about from friends or tabloids. This second-hand or anecdotal evidence can make it easy to pass on misinformation, which can wind up causing confusion and conflict if you face this issue yourself. Below, we...
Child support payments can be an ongoing source of contention between parents after a divorce or separation. Often, arguments centre on missing or late payments. So, what happens when someone falls behind on child support? Talking to your ex Support delinquency starts...
If you are in the divorce process, your future financial stability can be a top concern. You may well be interested in collecting spousal support, also referred to as alimony. On the flip side, as the support payor you want to make sure that you pay a truly fair...
Receiving financial maintenance after divorce can be critical to someone who was financially dependent on their spouse. Spousal support (a.k.a. "Alimony") can also ensure a divorce does not financially devastate one person more than the other. (But don't tell that to...
Who can receive spousal support?Any spouse can request spousal support during a divorce. This includes men, women, people who have been married for five years, and people who have been married for 50 years. However, spousal support is not granted in every case....
We have had the benefit of some recent post retirement spousal support cases. For some support payors, the landscape may not be quite as bleak as my previous blog post might indicate. The Ontario Court of Appeal seemed to limit post retirement spousal support...
We all know that spousal support paid by a Canadian resident to a Canadian resident is tax deductible to the payor and must be included in the income of the recipient.But what happens now where the support payor resides in the U.S.A. and the support recipient resides...
There is a fair amount out there on the web about spousal support and retirement. My colleagues discuss the leading cases quite intelligently. I recommend that you read what they have to say. I am going to distill down the current wisdom based on the cases to a few...
Gene C. Colman Note, 17 February 2020: You have found your way to this page on my blog presumably because you are interested in whether or not you can make a legally enforceable Separation Agreement with a mentally ill spouse. Below you can read one of my first blog...
