Difference between revisions of "Family Law Agreements"

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<blockquote><tt>F. Since the Date of Separation, the Children have remained living with John in the family home, and Jane has had parenting time with the Children every other weekend from Friday after school until Sunday at 7:00pm.</tt></blockquote>
<blockquote><tt>F. Since the Date of Separation, the Children have remained living with John in the family home, and Jane has had parenting time with the Children every other weekend from Friday after school until Sunday at 7:00pm.</tt></blockquote>


The recitals will continue in the same way. Other paragraphs might describe the make, model and value of each party's car, the location and value of the family home, the credits cards owned by the parties and the amounts owing on them.
The rest of the recitals will continue in the same way. Other recitals might describe the make, model and value of each party's car, the address and value of the family home, the credits cards owned by the parties and the amounts owing on them, and so on. Essentially, every fact that is relevant to the agreement should be put into the recitals to the agreement.


Essentially, every fact that is relevant to the agreement should be put into the recitals to the agreement.
By the way, the parts where you see a capitalized word in brackets, like <tt>(the "Date of Separation")</tt>, are called ''defined terms''. These are very helpful because you can use a defined term to refer to the same thing throughout an agreement. Instread of saying <tt>the house owned by Jane and John at 123 Main Street in Anytown, British Columbia</tt>, you could just say <tt>the house owned by Jane and John at 123 Main Street in Anytown, British Columbia (the "Family Home")</tt> once, and whenever you need to talk about that property you can just call it <tt>the Family Home</tt>.


====The operative clauses====
====The operative clauses====

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