Family Law

Prenuptial agreement 婚前協議書  from $1600+HST

Postnuptial/domestic agreement 婚內協議書  from $1600+HST

Separation agreement 分居協議書  from $2000+HST

Joint (uncontested) divorce 共同 (雙方無爭議)申請離婚  $2000+HST+Government fees and disbursements

• • You and your spouse have agreed on all issues, including support, property and parenting 夫妻雙方已就所有事宜達成協議, 沒有任何爭議

Simple divorce 簡易離婚  $2000+HST+Government fees and disbursements

• For divorce only, with no other claims for property, support, or parenting arrangements. 純粹申請離婚, 不含任何申索(物業, 贍養, 子女撫養等)

Independent Legal Advice 獨立法律意見  $550+HST

Foreign Divorce Opinion Letter 外國離婚法律意見書  $550 + HST + Disbursements

• To remarry in Ontario, a person who divorced outside Canada must first get a Foreign Divorce Authorization from Ontario's Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. 

• Documents that you need to bring to our lawyer

  1.  Original or certified copy of your Foreign divorce order/decree 

  2.  Completed marriage application (apply here)

  3.  Completed Statement of Sole Responsibility (download here)

  4.  Original or certified copy of "Auto de Firmeza" (if the divorce order was granted in some Spanish speaking countries), or "Final   Order" or "Certificate of Divorce" or "Final Decree" or "Decree Absolute" (if the order was granted in English speaking or common  law countries) 

     •  (Applicable to divorce orders granted by the courts of People's Republic of China) Original or certified copy of First or Second Instance Judgement plus Certificate of Effectiveness

  5.  Certified translations of the foreign divorce order and of the "auto de firmeza", and the translator's sworn affidavit

• Note the following issues:

  1.  Your divorce order must be final or decree absolute. That means, your divorce order must be a final order that the competent court of the foreign country can give. A "final order" means that there will not be any appeals permitted to take place. It must not be an interlocutory or interim order;

  2.  Either of former spouse must have substantial connection with the foreign country;

  3.  Either of former spouse must be habitually resident in the country of the competent authority that granted the divorce order for at least one year preceding the commencement of proceedings for the divorce. (see s. 22(1) Divorce Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp.)

     • • For example, if you started your application for divorce in Hong Kong on June 30, 2018, you should have been residing in Hong Kong since July 1, 2017;

  4.  If your foreign divorce order is not written in English or French, we will arrange a certified translator to translate the order and provide a sworn affidavit. The fees for the certified translation and affidavits will be counted toward the disbursements.

     • If you provide us with a certified translation of your foreign divorce order, it must come with an affidavit sworn by your certified translator to prove the truthfulness of the translation.

       • Note that a sworn affidavit must be sworn before and commissioned by a notary public or lawyer in Ontario;

  5.  With the above documents, our lawyer will issue a Foreign Divorce Opinion Letter.

We speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin.  歡迎英語, 粵語及國語 

Tel: (289) 452 - 9765 Fax: (289) 452 - 9758 E-mail: info@cmanlaw.ca