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Seven Tips for Successful Negotiati...
Posted: Tue., Mar. 10th, 2015
Collaborative Divorce In a Nutshell
Posted: Mon., Mar. 9th, 2015
Using Budgets
Posted: Mon., Mar. 9th, 2015
Base Amount Child Support in a Nuts...
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Seven Tips for Successful Negotiating with your Spouse

You and your spouse have decided that you do not want to go to Court. You have each talked with a Collaborative Lawyer about Collaboration and Mediation. You like the processes but are still somewhat intimidated by the cost and time involved. Before you invest that kind of money into having lawyers help you with your negotiations, you would like to try negotiating yourselves.

Many people who try negotiating on their own report it being an extremely stressful experience which sometimes erupts into such bitterness that Collaboration and Mediation are no longer possible. Fear of... Read Full Article

Collaborative Divorce In a Nutshell

COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE IN A NUTSHELL
(What every new client needs to know)

Step 1 - Preparation

  • Each client signs a Collaborative Retainer Agreement with his / her lawyer (this will set out the lawyer's hourly rate, retainer requirements and the relationship between the lawyer and the client) and discusses lawyers fees with the lawyer.
  • Each client has a lawyer/client preparation meeting to get education about the process and how it will work.
  • The lawyers have a preparation meeting to discuss how they... Read Full Article

Using Budgets

When parents agree to relatively equal shared parenting, there is a financial consequence. In equal parenting time regimes, money is almost always tight. That is because parents need two full functioning households -and often they are doing it with the income that used to struggle to support one household. Economies of scale are no longer shared.

Determining child support in these situations is also difficult. It's not the case of one parent having the majority of the expenses for the children - both parents have considerable expenses (in theory "equal" expenses).

Courts in... Read Full Article

Base Amount Child Support in a Nutshell

Base Amount Child Support in a Nutshell

Information Needed:
1. How many children are there?
2. Where do the children live?
3. Do any of the children live at least 40% of the time with both parents?
4. What are the incomes of both parents?
5. What province do the parents reside in?
6. Are there any section 7 expenses for the children? (See separate handout)

The Federal Child Support Guidelines came into place in 1997 with the goal of setting in place a standardized regime for the payment of child support.... Read Full Article

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