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The Family Responsibility Office (FRO) helps families in Ontario to get the support they are entitled to by enforcing court-ordered support payments. If the parties enter into a formal written agreement setting out their family law rights and obligations towards each other, then to enforce the agreement, it must be registered with the Family Responsibility Office. To do this, the written agreement has to be filed with the Ontario Court of Justice or Superior Court of Justice

Mediation is a process where two parties voluntarily agree to resolve their disputes with the assistance of a mediator. Either party can decide not to proceed with mediation or to withdraw from the mediation in the middle of the mediation if they are not satisfied with the process. If the dispute cannot be resolved by way of mediation, either party is free to proceed to court.

The answer is “No”. If one party is paying child support for the children, he/she might want to consider keeping the insurance policy in place, with the former spouse as the beneficiary in trust for the children, even after the divorce. If something were to happen to the payor spouse, the children may be left in serious financial turmoil if the former spouse is no longer the beneficiary. Once the children becomes adult or there is no further requirement to pay child support o

When a person dies with a Will, the Estate Trustee of the deceased’s estate makes the funeral arrangements. However, when a person dies without a Will, the common law provides that the next of kin has the right to make the funeral arrangements. The spouse (husband or wife of the deceased, even if the parties are separated) or the person of the opposite or same sex with whom the deceased was living in a conjugal relationship before his/her death is usually the next of kin. If