March 02, 2018
A travel consent letter is a letter signed by the non-travelling parent(s) consenting to another adult travelling to another country with his/her child. The travel consent letter should be signed in front of a notary (i.e., notarized). The risk of not having a proper travel consent letter in place is that the child is refused entry to the destination country. A travel consent letter can be relatively inexpensive to get notarized. Both Allison McAlpine and Kara-Lynne Chapman are notaries and can notarize your travel consent letter for a flat fee…
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February 01, 2018
The Problem Traditionally, a client retained a lawyer to handle every aspect of their file from beginning to end. This is the best way to be represented by a lawyer. However, not everyone can afford this, which has resulted in many people representing themselves in Court or preparing unenforceable separation agreements. The Solution A solution to this problem is the “limited-scope retainer” or “LSR” which is an alternative to full-representation by a lawyer. A LSR is a service in which the client retains the lawyer to handle only part of…
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January 24, 2018
Severing Joint Tenancy – Real Estate If spouses hold real estate together as joint tenants on title to the property (e.g., the matrimonial home, or any other piece of real estate), then if one of the spouses die, the other spouse gets the property outright. This is known as “right of survivorship.” When spouses separate, often they do not want the other spouse to get his/her portion of the home upon death. A good solution to this problem is to sever the joint tenancy. Severing the joint tenancy is a simple, cost-effective…
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January 18, 2018
In law, a limitation period refers to the amount of time that a claimant has to start a court proceeding for a claim against another person before their rights to start that claim expire. Put another way, a limitation period is the time limit that a person has to start court for a claim. If the person misses that limitation period, then his/her claim expires under the law. This is also referred to as a claim being “statute-barred.” Equalization In Ontario equalization cases (property division for married spouses) a limitation…
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