If the parents of one of the partners gives $100,000 which is used to pay off the mortgage on the matrimonial home. Now that they have separated, that money from the parents given can be requested to be returned.

Money from a gift or inheritance received by one spouse that goes to paying for the family home remains as part of the value of the house. This cannot be excluded from the value of the matrimonial home. If a gift or inheritance goes to a specific spouse and is kept separate, it can probably […]

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Mothers always get custody of the children.

This is not the case. As part of the divorce process the courts are mandated by family legislation to make custody and access awards that are in keeping with numerous factors. Primary among them is the “best interests” of the child. There is also a misconception that fathers can never get joint custody; this is […]

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