Divorce in Quebec: Steps, Timelines and Costs to Expect
Uncontested or contested divorce in Quebec: requirements, steps, timelines, costs and the role of family mediation. What to know before you begin.
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Child Custody in Quebec: Shared, Sole Custody and Access
Shared or sole custody, access rights, the criteria courts apply and how to change an order: how child custody is decided in Quebec after a separation.
Child Support in Quebec: How the Calculation Works
How child support is calculated in Quebec: the Quebec model, custody time, special expenses, reviewing the amount and the role of Revenu Québec in collection.
Common-Law Couples in Quebec: Your Rights When You Separate
Common-law partners in Quebec: what rights do you have when you separate? Property, support, the family home, inheritance and the new parental union regime.
Dividing the Family Patrimony in Quebec: What Is Included
Family patrimony in Quebec: property included and excluded, calculating net value, equal division, exceptions and renunciation. The essentials for spouses.
Calculating child support
Going through a divorce or separation can be overwhelming. You may be wondering if you are entitled to child support. In Quebec, child support is determined by three (3) factors:
Impaired Driving in Quebec: Offences, Penalties and Your Licence
Alcohol or drug-impaired driving in Quebec: roadside screening, immediate suspension, fines, driving prohibitions, ignition interlock and your defence, step by step.
Custody and right of access
A sensitive subject indeed, parental access rights during a family conflict will inevitably lead to emotionally charged discussions. Injustices are loudly proclaimed, and clients often invoke their…
Clarification on child support
Too often my male clientele will complain about the alimony. Claiming to pay child support but never seeing their children, they will speak of injustice. I have also had clients making the same arg…
Child Support After 18: Adult Children in Quebec
Child support does not stop when a child turns 18. Studies, self-sufficiency, calculation, ending support: what Quebec law provides for adult children.
New divorce law in Quebec
Our legal system is constantly evolving and improving. To keep it up-to-date, there are numerous changes and amendments that may be imposed on certain laws and regulations. Our lawyers are fully aw…
