Difference between revisions of "Introduction to Family Law in British Columbia"
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Separation agreements are made after a relationship has ended. They talk about how people have agreed to deal with things like the care of children, child support and spousal support, and how the family assets <span class="noglossary">will</span> be shared. Separation agreements don't have to cover all the family law problems people have. They can deal with just some of those problems and leave the rest for the court or an arbitrator to decide. | Separation agreements are made after a relationship has ended. They talk about how people have agreed to deal with things like the care of children, child support and spousal support, and how the family assets <span class="noglossary">will</span> be shared. Separation agreements don't have to cover all the family law problems people have. They can deal with just some of those problems and leave the rest for the court or an arbitrator to decide. | ||
Normally people who are thinking about a separation agreement talk about the issues and try to negotiate a resolution that they are both happy with. It is unusual, and perhaps unfair, for just one person to write a separation agreement without talking to the other | Normally people who are thinking about a separation agreement talk about the issues and try to negotiate a resolution that they are both happy with. It is unusual, and perhaps unfair, for just one person to write a separation agreement without talking to the other people involved. ''You do not have to sign a separation agreement if you don't want to.'' | ||
No matter what kind of family law agreement you have signed, each of the people involved in the agreement expect that the | No matter what kind of family law agreement you have signed, each of the people involved in the agreement expect that the others <span class="noglossary">will</span> follow the agreement, and that the court <span class="noglossary">will</span> enforce the agreement if someone doesn't follow it. The court <span class="noglossary">will</span> generally respect an agreement that people signed willingly, as long as the agreement was fair and no one misled anyone else about something important, like money or property. | ||
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