Your Lawyer - Your Counsellor
Divorce can get ugly. Dreams have been shattered, hopes crushed, a bright future dimmed, a family blown apart. An energetic, effective and compassionate lawyer who is by your side, day in and day out, acting as your counsellor, can help you make level-headed decisions during a time of maximum emotional turmoil.

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Your Lawyer - Your Advocate
During a contested divorce, your lawyer becomes your number one advocate dedicated to ensuring you understand your legal rights and responsibilities, always taking the time to help you understand your options, so that you can make rational and informed choices that align with your post-divorce goals.

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Hot Button Issues
There are four  hot button issues that will be decided by the court during the divorce process if you and your spouse cannot come to an agreement on them beforehand. These include: 1) The division of family assets and debts  2) Spousal Support  3) Child Custody and Child Access Arrangements, and 4) Child Support Arrangements.

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Division of Assets and Debts
While the court will ultimately decide how to divide family assets and debts between you and your spouse,  your lawyer will diligently work to ensure your interests are protected.

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Spousal Support
While the court will decide if (and how much) you are to required to pay to support your spouse post-divorce, or vice versa, your lawyer will work relentlessly to ensure you maximally benefit from the ultimate decision.

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Child Custody and Child Access Arrangements
If you have minor children, child custody (who your child lives with, post divorce) and child access (where, when, and for how long you will be able to interact with your child, post divorce) will be decided based on the court's assessment of each child's best interests. Your lawyer will strive to ensure the ultimate custody and access arrangements are aligned with your best interests.

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Child Support
Based on the income of both parents and the amount of time each child spends with each parent post-divorce, child financial support will be determined by the court based on mathematical formulas set out in federal and provincial legislation.  Your lawyer will strive to ensure your position on child support is clearly understood by the court.

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Alternatives to Trial
Court trials can be lengthy and costly. Fortunately there are a number of court sanctioned alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") methodologies that can be brought to bear on your divorce situation. These include: Negotiation, Mediation, Collaboration, and Arbitration. ADR methodologies provide a framework for finding mutually acceptable solutions between divorcing spouses that avoid a lengthy and costly court trial. Your lawyer will always endeavor to engage in constructive discussions with the your spouse's lawyer, seeking to use one or more of these ADR methodologies.to rapidly and inexpensively resolve your divorce satisfactorily.

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Trial
However, if ADR techniques fail to resolve your family law issues, sooner or later you will find yourself in a courtroom, in the presence of your ex-spouse, your ex-spouse's lawyer, and a judge. And it is in this venue that your seasoned Law Society of Ontario Licensed litigation Lawyer will aggressively argue your case and do everything in their power to ensure that your rights are protected and your demands prevail.

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