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Information about divorce in Canada
The information below will help you understand more about the divorce in Ontario.
Divorce in Ontario provides for two kinds of circumstances: no-fault and fault. In the first case, you must live with your spouse separately for one year. However, if you do not have joint children, the period can be reduced to 6 months. The fault grounds include: 1) if the spouse committed a crime while in a marriage, and was convicted for this; 2) adultery; 3) ill-treatment in the family; 4) if the spouse has intentionally left the second for a long period of time.
When calculating the child's financial support, the court will consider the needs of the children, incomes and expenses of each parent. Courts are guided by the Ontario child support guidelines, which are based on three components: the combined income of the parents, the number of children in the family, the time each of the parents spends with the child. Principles for supporting children also include the costs of child health insurance and its education.
The services of mediators are not officially provided.
When a divorce is in Ontario, the court can listen to the wishes of the child with whom he wants to stay, but this will not be decisive, since the court takes into account all the circumstances of the case and makes its decision on the basis of what is best for the child . In some situations, the court can heal parents of custodial rights and appoint custody to the grandfather or grandmother, it is possible if the parents are declared absolutely unfit for raising a child.
If you want to get a divorce in Ontario, at least one of the spouses must reside in the province within 6 months before the application is filed. Servicemen meet the criteria of residence, if they were on the military base of the province for 6 months. Servicemen who are outside the territory of the Canada can satisfy the requirements of residence if they were on the territory of the province for 6 months before they left the country.
If you want to fill out your documents for divorce as quickly and accurately as possible, you should use the services of Online Divorce. We will select the forms that correspond to the circumstances of your divorce, and also help to fill them correctly in accordance with the requirements of the province of Ontario
After the divorce in Ontario, the alimony is assigned to one of the spouses, if he is unable to support himself. Alimony can be paid for a certain period of time, and always. The amount of financial support for the spouse is calculated on the basis of the needs of the needy spouse and the financial capabilities of the spouse-payer. The following criteria are considered by the court when deciding on alimony: 1) duration of marriage; 2) education and professional skills of the parties; 3) the psychological, physical and emotional province of the spouses; 4) opportunities for spouses to acquire additional professional skills; 5) incomes, taxes and investments of spouses.
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