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Law Office "Business Law for Owner Managed Businesses" |
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The Law Office of Gary E. Ainsworth can answer any questions you might have about Family Law, specifically domestic contracts.
For more information
on these matters
or any other Domestic Contract matter kindly contact our Law Office.
Our office Hours are Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to
5 p.m.
CONTACT INFORMATION
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| Address: | 335 Reid Street |
| Mailing Address: | P.O. Box 1358 |
| Peterborough, On K9J 7H6 | |
| Telephone: | 705.749.0628 |
| Fax: | 705.749.0633 |
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So you have decided to
get married and you want to have an agreement prepared dealing with your
respective rights and obligations. These rights and obligations may be
matters within the marriage itself or matters that will only arise on
separation, annulment of your marriage, divorce or even death. This type
of an agreement is referred to as a Marriage Contract.
In a Marriage Contract, the spouses may deal with:
- Ownership in or division of property
- Support
- Children's education and moral training
- Any other matter
A Cohabitation Agreement
is similar to a Marriage Contract. It is designed to accommodate the wishes
of people who are living together, or intend to live together, but who
will not marry. In it they may deal with the same subjects that may be
dealt with in a Marriage Contract and they are subject to the same restrictions.
If the parties to a Cohabitation Agreement later marry each other, the agreement is deemed to be a Marriage Contract.
A man and a woman -
whether legally married or not, or same sex couple, who have cohabited
may enter into an agreement once they are living separate and apart,
and may agree to their respective rights and obligations, including,
but not limited to:
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Ownership in or division of property
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Support obligations
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Right to direct the education and moral training of their children
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Right to custody and access to their children
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Any other matter in the settlement of their affair