Decisions regarding your children will be among the most difficult and vital you will make. You need the right legal advice to put yourself and your family in the best position to face your future. For over 21 years, Carol Allen has provided comprehensive legal services to clients.
If you need a lawyer who will listen to what you want, who will provide realistic options for you to get what you want and who will fight for what you want, call my office.With the right kind of legal help and support, you can put yourself and your family in the best position to face your future. Carol Allen provides professional, high quality, affordable legal services to clients in Meaford, Owen Sound and the surrounding areas.
If you need a lawyer who will listen to what you want, who will provide realistic options for you to get what you want and who will fight for what you want, call my office.With the right kind of legal help and support, you can put yourself and your family in the best position to face your future. Carol Allen provides professional, high quality, affordable legal services to clients in Meaford, Owen Sound and the surrounding areas.
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Carol is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at Queen's University and Trinity College in the University of Toronto. Carol began practicing family law in Toronto in 1994 and has devoted her work to family law for over 21 years. Carol has represented clients at all levels of court in Ontario including on appeals to the Ontario Divisional Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
The best interests of your children are our primary focus. We know that parents are most concerned about making decisions in their children's best interests, and that separation and divorce can put parents in conflict with each other as to what is best for their children. When parents cannot agree, courts will decide.
Whether your divorce is contested or uncontested, we understand that it's a difficult time for you. Our aim is to get you through it safely, efficiently and in a cost-efficient manner. If you want to file a joint application for divorce, we can help you. If you want an uncontested divorce where there are no other issues than divorce, we can help you.
As a married spouse, the Family Law Act provides for the equalization of net family property. This is a complicated process that involves the identification of all assets and debts held on the date of marriage and the date of separation. These assets and debts are then equalized. Relevant dates, such as when your relationship started and when it ended, especially if one partner ran up large debts after separation.
Whether we're talking about child support or spousal support or both, this can be a challenging area for spouses to sort out upon separation. It requires them to keep dealing with one another, at a time when many are hoping to start a new stage of their lives.
At the Law Office of Carol A. Allen, we can explain all of your legal rights and obligations, and assist you whether you wish to negotiate support issues or to litigate, if that is the right option for you.Child support is not optional. You cannot opt out of paying it, because it's intended for the children, not the parent who is taking care of them.
At the Law Office of Carol A. Allen, we can explain all of your legal rights and obligations, and assist you whether you wish to negotiate support issues or to litigate, if that is the right option for you.Child support is not optional. You cannot opt out of paying it, because it's intended for the children, not the parent who is taking care of them.
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