A mediated agreement is an agreement that a landlord and a tenant make with the help of a Board mediator. It is a way to settle a case without the Board making the decision. A mediated agreement can give the landlord the right to ask the Board for an eviction order later without telling the tenant. It can also take away other rights that...
Reasons for judgment is a judge's written or oral explanation of a decision they have made. If a judge gives oral reasons, they read the reasons for judgment out loud in court. The parties may order a transcript from the court to get a copy of the judge's reasons.
An equalization payment is money one married partner can sometimes get from the other partner after they separate or the other partner dies. Its purpose is to share the amount that the couple's property increased in value while they were married.
Common-law partners usually do not have a right to an equalization payment.
Intestacy rules are the legal rules that say who inherits property when someone dies without a valid will. Common-law partners do not get anything under these rules. A married partner does inherit property under these rules. Children and other relatives may also inherit property under these rules.
A marriage contract, sometimes called a domestic contract, is a written contract that partners can make that says how they will deal with their issues while they are married, at the end of the marriage, or if one of them dies. They can make this kind of contract before they marry if they plan to marry, or after getting married. For example, a...
Net family property (NFP) is how much money a married partner is worth at the end of the relationship after taking into account what they brought into the marriage.
To calculate a married partner's NFP, you usually add together all assets minus all debts that they had on the day they separated from their partner. Then you also subtract...
A pension plan administrator is a person or a group of people, who manage a pension fund. They are responsible for many things, including giving plan members certain information and making pension payments to them. A pension plan brochure or annual pension statement usually has contact information for its pension plan administrator.
Garnishment is one option for getting money from someone if they did not obey a court order to pay you. To do this, you have to fill out forms and follow the rules of the court that apply to this process.
You might be able to get money from:
A family arbitration award is the decision that an arbitrator makes after hearing from both partners about their family law issues.
An arbitrator has to follow certain rules. For example, they have to keep a record of any notes they made during the arbitration. If these rules are followed, an arbitrator's award is enforceable. This means...
A remedy is an order made by a court or tribunal to give someone their legal rights or to compensate them for their rights not being respected. For example, if a landlord is not doing repairs that are needed, the Landlord and Tenant Board could order the landlord to do the repairs, lower the tenant's rent until the repairs are done, or let the...