“Never marry someone you wouldn’t want to be divorced from.” – Nora Ephron Charting your matrimonial journey should be as rational as it is aspirational. A thoughtful approach will reduce your personal and financial anxiety, and ironically, removing those stressors may also improve your marriage’s chance of success. The exercise …
A Cohabitation Agreement (also known as a Prenuptial Agreement) is a contract executed by unmarried couples, setting out each party’s respective rights and obligations in the event of a relationship (or marriage) breakdown. Most often, Cohabitation / Prenuptial Agreements will address the issues of property and spousal support. Parties are …
There are many different types of families in Alberta, but unmarried or “common-law” couples seems to particularly be on the rise. Recently, Statistics Canada verified this trend. According to the General Social Survey (GSS), three-quarters of Canadian adults 25 to 64 cohabit with a partner but that a decreasing number of …
When a relationship gets serious a couple — who are very often in a honeymoon phase — might decide to take things to the next level. That may mean living together. There are family law rules in Alberta that can assist each individual in making decisions when it comes to …
