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A claim for support under the Divorce Act (Canada) or Part...
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The Family Law Act (the Act) is a statute passed by the Legislature of Ontario in 1986, regulating the rights of spouses and dependants in regard to property, support, inheritance, prenuptial agreements, separation agreements, and other matters of family law.
In Ontario, property acquired during a marriage must be split equally when a marriage ends for any reason. This can include your: home. car. business. furniture. pension. money. For property that you owned before the marriage, any increase in value is usually divided equally.
Aug 27, 2021 · Ontario’s Family Law Act creates a presumption in favour of an equal division of net family property on marriage breakdown. In some circumstances, courts can deviate from this general rule and award an uneven division.
Section 6 of the FLA allows the surviving spouse to elect between the benefits provided by the will of the deceased (or under the intestacy if the deceased died without a will), or the right to a family property division that would have been available had the marriage ended in separation or divorce.
When married spouses separate, s.5 (1) of the Family Law Act (“ FLA”) provides that there will be an equalization payment made from the spouse with the greater net family property to the spouse with the lesser net family property (see our blog post here for an introduction to how net family property and equalization work).
A claim for support under the Divorce Act (Canada) or Part III of the Family Law Act. 5. A restraining order under the Family Law Act or the Children’s Law Reform Act .
