8 October 2026 | Family Law
Two months after the breakup, a wife signs an agreement giving her $70,000 in exchange for giving up all her rights in the division of the couple’s property. A month later, she changes her mind. Her ex-husband asks the court to hold her to her signature. In a...
26 September 2026 | Family Law
What actually happens to a minor child when a parent dies — and what has changed for grandparents since 2022. Léa is eight. Her parents have been separated since she was three: she lived mainly with her mother, in Gatineau, and saw her father every other weekend. In...
18 September 2026 | Family Law
Two dogs, a divorce in progress, and a wife who had to leave the house without them. By safeguard order, the Quebec Superior Court sets up week-on/week-off shared custody of the animals, with handovers at a highway rest stop, until trial. Ten years ago, such an order...
10 September 2026 | Family Law
The famous one-year deadline no longer exists, but another obstacle has taken its place: uninterrupted possession of status, now set at twenty-four months. Éric and Mylène lived together for nine years in Gatineau. Their daughter Alice is now six. Éric signed the...
10 September 2026 | Family Law
Parental authority is exercised jointly, but the law offers concrete solutions when a parent refuses to sign or stops answering. Sophie and Karim separated three years ago. Their son Adam, twelve, lives mainly with his mother in Gatineau and sees his father every...
10 September 2026 | Family Law
Since March 2021, a parent who wants to move with their child must give 60 days’ written notice and follow a precise procedure — or risk seeing the plan blocked outright. Julie lives in Gatineau. Since the separation, her seven-year-old son Léo spends one week...
