Recent Posts in the Separation Agreements Category

• Separation Agreement: Will Your Life Insurance Clause Be Considered Security for Support or a Stand-Alone Obligation?

  Sep 25, 2019
  Birnie v. Birnie, 2019 CarswellOnt 5594 In Birnie v Birnie, the couple created a separation agreement that included a life insurance clause. The ...
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• Seeking the New Spouse’s Income: Angulo v. Angulo, 2019 CarswellOnt 3399 (Ont. S.C.J.)

  Apr 30, 2019
  Background The parties were married for 28 years and separated in November 2000. They did not share any children. The husband recoupled and had two ...
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• Turk v. Turk 2018 ONCA 993: Court Refuses to Set Aside Separation Agreement

  Mar 4, 2019
  Case Background The parties were married for nearly nineteen years and have two children together. In April 2010, the parties entered into a ...
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• Setting Aside a Separation Agreement for Non-Disclosure

  Sep 27, 2018
  The parties involved in the case of Giffin v Giffin began cohabiting in 1993, got married in 1996, and ultimately separated in 2013. The parties had ...
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• When and Why Retirement is NOT Considered a Material Change in Circumstances

  Jan 19, 2018
  Hanniman v Hanniman , 2017 ONSC 7536 Background The Applicant and Respondent signed a Separation Agreement which stated that the Applicant would ...
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• Cohabitation Agreements and Release of Spousal Support

  Jan 13, 2018
  Smith v Smith , 2017 ONCA 759 Background In this case, the Applicant Wife is trying to overturn a cohabitation agreement that she and the Respondent ...
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• Motion for Summary Judgement When Setting Aside a Separation Agreement

  Sep 15, 2017
  Shinder v. Shinder , 2017 ONSC 4177 This case sets out the standard that ought to be met in order to determine whether to deny the setting aside of a ...
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• Taking it All in: The Inclusive Nature of a Miglin Analysis

  Aug 4, 2017
  Tessema v. Hagos 2017 ONSC 2438 This case reviewed some of the themes in Miglin v. Miglin in order to determine whether a separation agreement can or ...
  Posted By Andrew Feldstein
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