Separation Agreement
Have your Separation Agreement commissioned or notarized at our office.
Separation is never easy, but a separation agreement doesn't have to be hard.
If you and your partner mostly agree on what you want to happen when you separate, you can put what you've agreed to in a separation agreement.
A separation agreement is a written contact that you and your partner make that says how you will deal with your issues and what you have agreed to.
You do not need a lawyer to make a separation agreement, and you don't have to wait until you and your partner agree on everything before making a separation agreement.
You can make a separation agreement on the things you agree on, while you continue to work on resolving your other issues.
If you both agree, you can make changes at any time and, you can make a separation agreement last for only a certain period of time, until you resolve all of your other issues.
Contact us once you have drafted your separation agreement. We can help you with the commissioning or notarizing of the separation agreement.
Options when separating
Superior court
This court hears family law cases related to these issues:
- divorce
- dividing property
- matrimonial home
- child support
- spousal support
- decision making responsibility
- parenting time
- restraining orders
- appeals on adoption and child protection
Why make a separation agreement?
- Faster, cheaper and less stressful than paying lawyers and going to court
- Allows you and your partner to decide what works best for you
- Allows others involved in your children's care to know what has been agreed on
- Makes it easier to prove what you and your partner agreed to instead of relying on a verbal agreement
- Allows for filing with the court, should you need to enforce a part of your agreement
Ontario Court of Justice
This court hears family law cases related to these issues:
- child support
- spousal support
- decision- making responsibility
- parenting time
- restraining orders
- enforcing support in a separation agreement
- adoption
- child protection
Legally enforceable or binding
Your separation agreement has to follow certain rules to make it legal and "enforceable" or " binding".
In order for your agreement to be enforceable or binding, your agreement must be made in a way that allows the court to order you or your partner to do what the agreement says, if either of you stop following it.
Contact our office about commissioning or notarizing your separation agreement.
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