To prepare yourself financially for a divorce, it's crucial to separate your finances from your spouse, understand your financial situation, create a budget, gather financial documents, review your estate plan, and potentially establish a new bank account are also essential steps.

What happens if one spouse refuses to sell the marital home? When you are going through a divorce and you are at the stage of dividing the assets and property, sometimes you are not both in agreement to sell the marital home. There are several options available to you when the other spouse refuses to sell the home.

n British Columbia, an ex-spouse generally cannot claim a future inheritance that has not yet been received. A potential inheritance is considered a mere expectancy—meaning it’s not guaranteed—and therefore, it is not treated as family property under the Family Law Act. Until the inheritance is actually received, it does not form part of the assets to be divided during a separation or divorce.

Divorcing when both spouses co-own and work in the same business can be especially complex. Unlike other marital assets, a business is not just a financial entity—it’s often deeply tied to identity, livelihood, and long-term goals. When a couple decides to separate, figuring out what happens to the family business requires careful legal, financial, and emotional considerations.

In British Columbia, if an inheritance is used to buy a family home, it can become family property and be subject to division during divorce — even though inheritances are typically excluded from division.

Divorce during a midlife crisis hits differently than in other stages of life. It’s not just the end of a marriage—it’s often tied to deeper questions about identity, aging, unmet dreams, and the fear of time running out.

In a divorce there are 3 options available to you and your spouse in regards to the marital home. You can either sell the home, one spouse buys out the other or you continue to co-own the home.

Divorce is never easy and dissolving a marriage can have its challenges. With all the turmoil of a divorce it is easy to neglect your credit score. It is crucial to protect your credit score.

When you are going through a divorce and you are deciding what to do with the marital home. There are generally 3 options, buy out the other spouse, sell the house, or the couple can continue to co-own the house.

Once you have exited your marital life and you start to focus on how your life will be post-divorce. You start thinking about what you’re new life will look like. This is your chance to make changes, to journey down a new path in life, explore and to rediscover who you are. You start asking yourself questions like where am I going to live? What will I be looking for in a new partner? Who am I as a single person? What do I do now I am divorced? And you wonder, where do I even begin?

After my divorce a few years ago I found myself drained, depressed, and feeling super unhealthy physically, mentally, and spiritually. A friend told me about cord-cutting and when I did it it made me feel incredible. It felt like I unhooked the anchors that were dragging me down. I hope you will give it a try and feel incredible too.

When we get married we never in your wildest dreams think that it will end in divorce. That when we enter into matrimony, we will live happily ever after. Divorce does happen. It happens more often than we think. Statistically 38% of all marriages end in divorce.

Divorces has been around for many years. They may not have been common as they are today but they still existed.

When we get married we never think that it will end in divorce but it does happen. It happens more then we think. In Canada about 38% of all marriages end in divorce. I never thought in my wildest dreams my marriage would end in divorce, I thought I was going to live happily ever after. A relationship with my best friend that lasted 23 years ended in divorce.

I am a mother of 2 small children and just completed a move myself. I know planning a move can be difficult but planning a move with small children can be overwhelming. Now that you made the decision to move, the best way to approach it is to take it to step by step and not look at the whole picture and cannot stress enough, to be prepared…

When selling a home during a divorce there are a few different options that a divorcing couple can decide on. It’s important to think about all the options that are available and to select the best option…

Now that the dust has settled after the divorce, it’s now time to make that decision. Should I buy a home or should I rent? After a divorce, many would want a home of their own. After all, it would be better to build equity in a home than to throw away money on rent every month…