Recent Posts in the Separation Agreements Category

• 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 ...
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• The Importance of Life Insurance Clauses

  Jan 20, 2017
  Waldman v. Waldman Estate , 2016 CarswellOnt 19730 This case of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice signifies the importance of life insurance ...
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• Varying Separation Agreements: Stobo v. Stobo 2016 ONSC 5805

  Dec 9, 2016
  In this recent decision by the Superior Court of Justice, the Court confirms that Separation Agreements registered under section 35(2) of the Family ...
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• Belittchenko Divorce Act Case

  Jun 21, 2016
  In a divorce case of Belittchenko v. Belitchenko , Justice Backhouse ordered that the pleadings to previous orders in their divorce proceedings will ...
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• The Dangers of Unequal Bargaining Power: Butler v Butler, 2015 ONSC 6796

  May 13, 2016
  The Dangers of Unequal Bargaining Power This case involved a summary motion judgement, whereby the applicant sought to set aside a separation ...
  Posted By Andrew Feldstein
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