Source: https://familylaw.lss.bc.ca/guides/separation/introClauses
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1: Intro | Write an agreement | LSS Family Law
Start your agreement with your names and the date the agreement is signed and witnessed. (Witnesses watch you sign and then they sign.)
The date you reach the agreement might be different from the date you sign it. That's okay.
To avoid confusion about dates, type the name of the month, not the number. For example, type September 4, 2019, not 4-9-19 or 9-4-19.
Most family law agreements involve only two people.
Type in your basic information. The names will appear below in place of Party 1, Party 2, Name, or Child/children's names.
This agreement was made on .
These clauses in your agreement set out the facts and descriptions, including
names and birth dates of children,
information about your occupations and incomes, and
details about family property.
These clauses show that:
you both know about and agree upon certain important information, and
you understand that this information is important to the agreement.
All the clauses below will be included in your text file unless you click Don't include. If you change your mind, you can always click Include to add it again.
Include only the clauses that apply to your situation and agreement.
The short names that you typed in above will automatically appear in the clauses below.
If you lived together, include clause 1 and type in the date you started living together.
If you were married, include clause 2, and type in the date and the location you got married. Include both clause 1 and clause 2 if you lived together before you got married.
If you and the other person have been living separate and apart, include clause 3. Type in the date you started living apart.
If you lived separate and apart but in the same residence for a time, include clause 4.
Type in the date you started living separately but in the same residence.
Type in the date you moved into different residences.
Party 1 and Party 2 began living in a marriage-like relationship on .
Party 1 and Party 2 were married on at .
Party 1 and Party 2 have been living separate and apart since .
Party 1 and Party 2 have been living separate and apart in the same residence since and moved into different residences on .
This guide doesn't cover all possibilities. See the CLEBC manual for clauses you can use if one or both of you have children from other relationships.
Include clause 7 if you have children.
Type in each child's name and birthdate starting at clause 8.
Include clause 12 If you have children over 19 who need financial support.
Type in the reason they need support. (For example, they're attending a post-secondary school, or they have a disability.)
Type in the name and birthdate of each of these children starting at clause 13.
Party 1 and Party 2 have no children.
Party 1 and Party 2 have adult children, who are all independent and self-supporting.
Party 1 and Party 2 have the following children:
The following children are 19 or over but continue to require financial support because:
Type in the reason; for example, attending school full-time at an accredited post-secondary educational institution, has a disability, etc.
Information about this agreement
Include clauses 15 – 19 as needed to specify what the agreement addresses.
Include clause 21 if your agreement is an interim (temporary) agreement, and include clauses 22 and 23 if they apply.
This agreement addresses:
This agreement is a final agreement.
This agreement is an interim agreement.
Party 1 and Party 2 intend this interim agreement to deal with the following issues until we make a final agreement:
guardianship, parenting arrangements, and support of the children
Information about court proceedings
If you have any other agreements or orders that related to your marriage or separation, refer to them when filling in these clauses.
Include clause 24 if there are no court proceedings.
Include clause 25 if there are court proceedings under way but not concluded.
Include clause 26 if there are court proceedings that resulted in orders, and type in
the court registry where your family law case was started,
the court location,
the court file number,
whether the court made its orders after a hearing or by consent, and
the order details in clause 27.
Include clause 28 if this agreement adds to an agreement already made. Type in the date of the existing agreement.
Include clause 29 if this agreement replaces an agreement already made. Type in the date of the existing agreement.
There have been no court proceedings related to our marriage/relationship.
A family law case was commenced in the Court registry in under court file .
A family law case was commenced in the Court registry in under court file and, , the court made the following orders:
An agreement dated has been made.
An agreement dated will no longer be in effect after this agreement is signed.
Uncontested or joint divorce
Include one of these two clauses.
Include clause 30 if you plan to apply for an uncontested (undefended) divorce. Click the name of the person who will apply to the court for a divorce. The field will update with your names.
Include clause 31 if you plan to apply for a joint divorce.
Once this agreement is signed, Name will apply to the court for a divorce, and the only order Name will ask the court to make is a divorce order.
Once this agreement is signed, Name and Name will apply to the court for a joint divorce. The only order Name and Name will ask the court to make is a divorce order.
For clause 33, type in the date you and the other person will start living apart.
the Background forms part of this agreement;
each of us confirms that all statements of fact in this agreement that relate to their positions are true and accurate and each of us understands that the other is relying on those statements of fact in making this agreement;
our relationship is over; and
we will continue to live separate and apart
we will start living separate and apart on
Save your document in a place where you can find it again. Give the file a meaningful name.