Divorced and Done
Join divorce lawyers Rob Woodward and Darren Schmidt to better understand the legal process of getting divorced or separated, without losing your mind or your wallet.
Rob and Darren help listeners work through the Divorced & Done steps, so that they can achieve finality and move forward in their lives.
We take your questions by voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/divorcedanddone OR via email to [email protected] and we may address them on a future episode.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 137
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Stuck in Step 2 without a parenting plan, plus, when your in-laws provided you money to buy a house, and now they want it back. Was it a gift or a loan?
This week we're addressing two broad questions, first, when one parent wants shared parenting, but the other parent is the primary parent, how to prepare for mediation through Court.
Plus, a listene…
Receiving information from child welfare, assessing personal income from corporate financial disclosure, and, dividing my property equally, but he won't share his?
This week we tackled three questions: First, when child welfare / protective services are involved with your family matter, can you access information that has not been formally provided to you? Seco…
Suing to enforce an agreement on property, plus, my kids are over 18 and my ex disappeared, can I still get child support?
This week we received a SpeakPipe voicemail about a listener who has a valid separation agreement for her ex to buy her out of the family home with proceeds of sale from an out of province condo, but…
Welcome to 2023: pre-trial conferences, parenting problems, and walking on eggshells when you’re inches from Divorced & Done
This week we discuss how to live separately even if your finances are tight. We chat about section 7 expenses and pre trial conferences. Finally, we go through how to handle co parenting problems.
F…
2022 Recap: The Biggest Developments in our Family Law System
2022 was a big year in the family and divorce law world. We discuss the three biggest developments. First, the new tort of family violence (case discussed can be found here - https://www.canlii.org…
Negotiations broke down, let's set trial dates! Plus, child support in shared custody cases.
We take a run at some very thoughtful questions: what to do when mediation doesn't work and trial is inevitable? Also, how do you calculate child support in shared parenting arrangements per section …
Let me tell you something that's actually interesting: It's Etcetera!
Welcome to the new Divorced & Done subseries, Etcetera! Without revealing too much in the show notes, we know our listeners care about their family matters, but we also know you like the light-hearte…
Questions power the podcast! Getting stuck in a mediation loop without resolution, and balancing settlement offers on spousal support, plus, our favorite businesses.
This week we're talking about what to do when you're ready to go to Trial, but you're stuck in a never-ending mediation loop. Plus, evaluating whether a settlement offer is reasonable, and what to do…
Child support for adult children attending post-secondary studies.
When is child support a live issue for adult children, over the age of majority? This week we address one SpeakPipe question addressing this issue.
We highlighted several cases in this episode:
2021…
Alberta joins the rest of Canada: imputing income for child support purposes.
This week we're addressing a NEW case out of Alberta on how income can be imputed to payors of child support, P v A 2022 ABCA 347, which can be found online at https://canlii.ca/t/jspml
What is imput…
Interview with Fitness Gurus Kevin and Julie Stenner. How fitness can help reduce your stress while you navigate your separation or divorce.
Last year we sat down with Kevin and Julie Stenner, who are are wellness consultants helping their clients with health, fitness, mindset and goal setting. We thought it would be great to republish t…
Mindfulness, Journalling and Boundaries...Oh My! with Special Guest Jenny Ma
What's the best part of a lawyer's podcast? It's when they bring in the psychologist! This week we are excited to collaborate with Jenny Ma of Wake Up with Jenny & Friends. Jenny helps us understand …
What are laws and where do they come from?
What are laws? Where did they come from? How do our provincial and federal governments work together with our courts to make laws respecting things like divorce and family law matters? It all star…
Making an agreement that sticks, or not. Separation agreements, prenuptial agreements, and cohabitation/marriage agreements.
On this spooky version of Divorced and Done, Rob and Darren discuss how to scare a family lawyer: use a separation agreement from Staples or Office Depot. Kidding, kind of -- Staples if you see this,…
Your questions: ex won't deliver kids to their sports games, and enforcing a separation agreement
Coming off a great episode last week, we're taking more voicemails. What happens when your ex doesn't take your kids to their sports games? When is a settlement a settlement? What happens when your e…
Episode 100! Divorced & Done continues.
Thank you for being with us for 100 episodes! This week we talk about some highlights for us over the last year and a half, including best questions and songs, stories, and how we hope to continue to…
The Great One! Episode 99, Happy Thanksgiving!
This week we take more excellent questions from you, the best listeners on Earth. We're on the path to 100 episodes! Thanks for continuing to listen, and for contributing to the larger Divorced & Don…
Fighting for spousal support; selling the family home; and reducing the conflict; it's Episode 98!
Congratulations to Mary Trottier and Theron Groff for winning our T Shirt Contest.
This week we take more excellent questions from you, the best listeners on Earth. We're on the path to 100 episodes…
Episode 97! On the path to 100. When mediation fails, case conference agreements, and making hard choices about dividing pensions.
We're on the path to 100 episodes! Thanks for continuing to listen, and for contributing to the larger Divorced & Done community.
The case about enforcing an EICC agreement was discussed in our May …
Divorce is tough. It was almost impossible before the 1968 Divorce Act.
Think getting divorced today is tough? How about one hundred years ago? In light of the Queen passing earlier this week, it's a good opportunity to revisit a bit of Canada's history.
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