BC’s Family Law Act provides a set of rules for dividing property of separating couples who are married or who have lived with each other in a marriage-like relationship for a continuous period of at least 2 years. * When couples make marriage and cohabitation agreements, they are contracting out of this default scheme for […]

Not all marriage and cohabitation agreements are the same. The agreement that makes sense for a couple late in life who both have children from previous relationships will be different from the agreement that makes sense for a couple in their thirties who are just about to have their first child together. The legal landscape […]