Category: Divorce

Divorce is a life altering event that can be challenging to comprehend. There are many misconceptions and ideologies surrounding the reasons that lead people to end their marriages.

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Family law in Quebec has recently undergone several changes with respect to gender identity. The family law reform is now beginning to address the topic of filiation and sexual assault.

Courtroom etiquette is an unfamiliar concept to most. However, there are rules that guide what is considered to be acceptable behaviour during litigation.

Legal proceedings can seem daunting for most, unless you are already familiar with the law, which is why people often choose to be represented by a lawyer, even if it is not always required.

Welcoming a child to the world redefines the relationship between a couple in all its aspects, whether emotionally, physically, or financially, at tiem the entire relationship altogether.

In the context of divorce proceedings, attorneys have a duty to properly advise their clients on all the consequences of the breakdown of their marriage, including the partition of their matrimonial property.

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While legal proceedings are always required for a civil divorce judgement to be rendered throughout the world, in some religions a religious divorce is also required for spouses to re-marry within their faith. For instance, in Judaism, for a spouse to re-marry.

Unfortunately, not all marriages work out as planned and oftentimes, for a multitude of reasons, life moving forward will be better to end your marriage. Regardless of the cause or whether it is amicable or not, there are several steps that need to be taken in order to end a marriage.

In Quebec, laws concerning property also apply to animals as per article 898.1 of the Civil Code. However, the Code also recognizes that animals are sentient beings and are not a thing. In the context of divorce, animals are subject to the same rules as moveable property.

No need to point fingers, accumulate evidence of cheating, or worse bruises in order to get a divorce. If there was domestic abuse that will be taken into account in some aspects of the divorce. That being said fault does not have to be proven.