Difference between revisions of "Dividing Property and Debt in Family Law Matters"
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===Putting the Plan into Action=== | ===Putting the Plan into Action=== | ||
Here's a step-by-step guide to Part 5. | Here's a step-by-step guide to Part 5. The discussions that follow will go into things in more detail. | ||
'''Step One''' | '''Step One''' | ||
<blockquote>To divide property and debt under the ''Family Law Act'', you | <blockquote>To divide property and debt under the ''Family Law Act'', you first have to figure out whether you're a "spouse" as defined by s. 3(1)(a) or 3(1)(b)(i). You must either be married or have lived with your partner in a marriage-like relationship for at least two years.</blockquote> | ||
If you're not a spouse, ''stop'' and read the discussion about people who don't qualify as spouses divide property under the common law relating to trusts and equity in the _____ page. | If you're not a spouse, ''stop'' and read the discussion about people who don't qualify as spouses divide property under the common law relating to trusts and equity in the _____ page. | ||