[{"id":"5ce7b6c2-f6f4-49ec-af09-5cf76f667ec9","order":10,"text":"MARRIAGE CONTRACT","fontSize":"22","textAlign":"center","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"bd36a146-5afa-40a3-b2f6-ae4c5e64b2d1","order":20,"text":"(Prenuptial Agreement — Domestic Contract under section 52 of the Family Law Act)","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"center","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"71d31ffb-90f7-418a-b2a9-26913b3022c0","order":30,"text":"THIS MARRIAGE CONTRACT is made under and governed by the law of the Province of Ontario, Canada.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"16","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c33fb3eb-dca1-4002-abba-e8cce478a503","order":40,"text":"BETWEEN:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"30d89f99-cc83-4718-ab03-777aaad092ff","order":50,"text":"[Full legal name of the first party], of the [City/Municipality], in the Province of Ontario, born on [Date of birth] (in this Contract, the \"First Party\");","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"415bf50a-e586-4da8-8e67-49eb15042544","order":60,"text":"- and -","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"center","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"139a2fb4-785d-4bbb-97fb-4c08f8cc6a9b","order":70,"text":"[Full legal name of the second party], of the [City/Municipality], in the Province of Ontario, born on [Date of birth] (in this Contract, the \"Second Party\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"16","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fa4fc2e9-d0bd-4352-9437-6ba0fe3a4ccc","order":80,"text":"The First Party and the Second Party are together referred to as the \"Parties\" and each as a \"Party\".","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"16","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"be5cb2f4-22db-4e82-99c7-f1ab63e94b52","order":90,"text":"RECITALS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"6"},{"id":"f95ec87e-efcd-4c17-a226-6cbc65cf387d","order":100,"text":"A. The Parties intend to marry each other, and enter into this Contract as a marriage contract within the meaning of section 52 of the Family Law Act of the governing Province.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a0717b69-126a-4da6-936c-3d717a20ca83","order":110,"text":"B. Each Party wishes to define, in advance and by agreement, their respective rights and obligations in property and support during the marriage and on separation, on the annulment or dissolution of the marriage, or on death, to the extent permitted by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e028782f-56f0-4d29-bfc1-725452ec0b83","order":120,"text":"C. Each Party has been advised of the right to obtain independent legal advice, has made full and complete financial disclosure to the other as set out in the attached Schedules, and enters into this Contract freely, voluntarily and without any duress, coercion or undue influence.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f64e1f0c-d495-4917-8639-e42c1422e038","order":130,"text":"D. The Parties acknowledge that, but for this Contract, the property-sharing (equalization of net family property) and support regimes of the Family Law Act would apply to them, and they intend by this Contract to opt out of and vary those regimes to the extent set out below and permitted by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e6e9e77c-7717-4d45-8a05-afa50847ed6d","order":140,"text":"E. The Parties are entering into this Contract well in advance of the marriage and without any pressure of time. Each Party has had sufficient opportunity to consider its terms, to obtain independent legal advice, and to negotiate freely.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"18e39cec-3bcf-4513-a6c6-03bbbd5b00fc","order":150,"text":"F. If the Parties are cohabiting or begin to cohabit before the marriage, they intend this Contract to govern their affairs during cohabitation as if it were a cohabitation agreement, and to be deemed a marriage contract upon their marriage in accordance with the Family Law Act.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"16","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c2c34934-7d83-46a1-9206-1b733eb665e0","order":160,"text":"NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual promises in this Contract, of the marriage of the Parties, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"16","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"55477fa6-7268-4b02-9ad6-5f698257cb4c","order":170,"text":"1. 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Words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"cbb4b1cc-c6dd-4bac-8241-62f148050729","order":200,"text":"2. PURPOSE AND INTENTION OF THE PARTIES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"14","sectionNum":"S02"},{"id":"644c79f7-afd6-4232-be0a-6621e5773fb1","order":210,"text":"The purpose of this Contract is to determine the Parties' respective rights in property and support and to opt out of or vary the equalization and support provisions of the Family Law Act, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Parties intend this Contract to be a full and final settlement of their property and support entitlements, subject only to the provisions that cannot lawfully be waived or ousted by agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3ad49e49-dc87-448b-abca-6d89f95545ff","order":220,"text":"3. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"14","sectionNum":"S03"},{"id":"5de6c873-c410-4415-aa34-8ec38a294eef","order":230,"text":"Each Party has disclosed to the other, in the Schedules attached to this Contract, all significant assets, debts and other liabilities existing at the date of this Contract, together with a good-faith estimate of their value. The First Party's disclosure is set out in Schedule \"A\" and the Second Party's disclosure is set out in Schedule \"B\".","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"51c7ee2e-26b2-4d6d-ab68-18b7ce01cd1b","order":240,"text":"Each Party acknowledges that the disclosure provided by the other is sufficient for the purpose of entering into this Contract, that they have had the opportunity to request further particulars, and that they are not relying on any representation not set out in this Contract or its Schedules. The Parties acknowledge that, under section 56(4) of the Family Law Act, a court may set aside a domestic contract where a party failed to disclose significant assets, debts or other liabilities, did not understand its nature or consequences, or otherwise in accordance with the law of contract, and each Party confirms that the disclosure and acknowledgements in this Contract are intended to prevent any such challenge.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1fe812d7-12e0-4669-9436-cfcd53fa5a48","order":250,"text":"4. 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Neither Party shall have any claim to equalization of Net Family Property against the other, and each Party waives any such claim under the Family Law Act, to the fullest extent permitted by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"7621ad80-a5e0-4385-9d43-33468a82570b","value":"separation","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"0a1b2aa9-4514-4b31-bf49-8efd328164d3","order":290,"text":"The Parties elect to exclude their pre-marital property (as provided in the Article entitled \"Property Owned Before Marriage\") but otherwise to share the growth in the value of property acquired during the marriage. On Separation, annulment, dissolution or death, the equalization of Net Family Property under the Family Law Act shall apply to property acquired during the marriage, save that each Party's Excluded Property and pre-marital property shall be deducted before equalization.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"7621ad80-a5e0-4385-9d43-33468a82570b","value":"premarital","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"10df4b72-7dc6-4a8f-b327-3fffb683a6d3","order":300,"text":"The Parties elect a hybrid regime. Each Party shall retain as separate and Excluded Property the assets designated in that Party's Schedule as separate property, together with all income from and any increase in the value of those assets. All other property acquired by the Parties during the marriage shall be subject to the equalization of Net Family Property under the Family Law Act. The Parties may from time to time designate further separate property by a written instrument signed and witnessed in the same manner as this Contract.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"7621ad80-a5e0-4385-9d43-33468a82570b","value":"hybrid","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"66c2de9d-f840-45ac-9dab-73c7ecc2bbf0","order":310,"text":"6. THE MATRIMONIAL HOME","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"14","sectionNum":"S06"},{"id":"638b86d4-0248-45b1-90f3-4339324671c3","order":320,"text":"The Parties acknowledge that a provision in a marriage contract purporting to limit a spouse's rights in respect of possession of a Matrimonial Home under Part II of the Family Law Act is unenforceable. Accordingly, nothing in this Contract limits either Party's statutory right to possession of a Matrimonial Home during the marriage.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5cfe3149-6e8c-47e2-9494-f23860a6acf5","order":330,"text":"Subject to the statutory right of possession set out above, the Parties agree that the ownership of, and the entitlement to share in the value of, any Matrimonial Home shall be determined in accordance with the property regime elected in this Contract, and each Party's interest in a Matrimonial Home shall be dealt with on Separation, annulment, dissolution or death in accordance with the Article entitled \"Property Regime\".","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"17c0aecd-5fe0-4f53-8568-655faf952c3e","order":340,"text":"Where a Party applies Excluded Property, or the proceeds or traceable value of Excluded Property, towards the acquisition, improvement or discharge of any encumbrance on a Matrimonial Home, that Party shall, on Separation, be entitled to recover the amount so contributed before any division of the value of the Matrimonial Home, together with a proportionate share of any increase in value attributable to that contribution, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Parties may record the details of any such contribution in a written memorandum signed and witnessed in the same manner as this Contract.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"00263d6d-81fc-49f4-a8e4-103d2db1287f","order":350,"text":"7. GIFTS, INHERITANCES AND TRUSTS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"14","sectionNum":"S07"},{"id":"5abc7674-81b6-41cf-87ea-715875cbe335","order":360,"text":"Any property received by a Party during the marriage by way of gift or inheritance from a third party, the income from that property, any increase in its value, and any property into which it can be traced, shall be the separate and Excluded Property of the receiving Party, provided it is kept separate and not applied to a Matrimonial Home. Any interest of a Party in a trust shall likewise be Excluded Property to the fullest extent permitted by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f9b33f08-be9a-4697-8be7-25d64317c6fb","order":370,"text":"8. BUSINESS INTERESTS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"14","displayConditions":[{"field":"59f59b5b-53b3-45da-9f65-f4e4b0daa814","value":"1","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S08"},{"id":"4af8458c-9752-425c-9c8f-23a7d3c49d00","order":380,"text":"Each Party's interest in any business, professional practice, corporation, partnership or other enterprise identified in that Party's Schedule, together with any income from and any increase in the value of that interest during the marriage, shall be the separate and Excluded Property of that Party. The other Party shall have no claim to that interest, its income, or its increase in value, and waives any such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding any contribution, whether direct or indirect, to the business.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"59f59b5b-53b3-45da-9f65-f4e4b0daa814","value":"1","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"0bb13335-6f6f-4458-af64-f0ff821e8951","order":390,"text":"9. 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The Parties acknowledge that a court retains a limited statutory discretion to set aside a support waiver that is unconscionable at the time enforcement is sought, and they intend this release to be upheld to the fullest extent the law allows.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"edfe83d7-64c5-4fa6-b65f-05a97c6e4252","value":"waiver","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"fdbe0674-3d82-46a8-95e0-d74c329fda31","order":430,"text":"If the Parties separate, the First Party shall pay to the other Party spousal support of [Amount] per month, for a period of [Duration] from the date of Separation, after which the obligation to pay spousal support shall end. This provision is made having regard to the objectives of spousal support under the Family Law Act and the Divorce Act (Canada), and the Parties intend it to be a final settlement of spousal support, subject to the court's statutory discretion.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"edfe83d7-64c5-4fa6-b65f-05a97c6e4252","value":"defined","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"218bda06-ca7d-4b30-9a2b-b414c47b414b","order":440,"text":"This Contract does not determine spousal support. Each Party reserves the right to claim or to resist a claim for spousal support under the Family Law Act or the Divorce Act (Canada), and any such claim shall be determined in accordance with the law in force at the relevant time.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"edfe83d7-64c5-4fa6-b65f-05a97c6e4252","value":"reserved","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"f935d0b4-242d-4a1b-b57e-8a8a62ae7b5b","order":450,"text":"11. DEATH, WILLS AND ESTATE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"14","sectionNum":"S11"},{"id":"b0ebf8b9-2579-46b4-9fbb-3ce206298ade","order":460,"text":"Nothing in this Contract prevents either Party from making a gift or provision for the other by will or otherwise. Except as provided in any valid will made after the date of this Contract, each Party releases all rights to share in the estate of the other and all rights to equalization on death under the Family Law Act, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and shall execute any document reasonably required to give effect to this release.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4c414015-57fd-47b0-b80f-d46bea2985be","order":470,"text":"12. RECONCILIATION AND CONTINUING EFFECT","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"14","sectionNum":"S12"},{"id":"4747c59f-ac45-4524-8091-bad2f69666aa","order":480,"text":"This Contract takes effect on the date the Parties marry and continues in effect throughout the marriage and after any Separation, unless amended or rescinded in writing. A reconciliation of the Parties after a Separation does not revoke this Contract, which continues to apply according to its terms unless the Parties agree otherwise in writing, signed and witnessed in the same manner as this Contract.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3f7c5cbd-9b75-4c2e-8f57-a60423d481cc","order":490,"text":"13. REVIEW OF THIS CONTRACT","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"14","sectionNum":"S13"},{"id":"f4fb15e3-236c-4c24-b49c-0a448fe4f039","order":500,"text":"The Parties shall review this Contract together, and are encouraged to obtain further independent legal advice, on the earlier of: the fifth anniversary of the marriage and each fifth anniversary thereafter; and the birth or adoption of a child of the Parties. A failure to review this Contract does not affect its validity or enforceability; the review is intended to allow the Parties to confirm that its terms remain fair and to make any amendment they agree upon in writing, signed and witnessed in the same manner as this Contract.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4e42f133-a279-45ea-a102-83ca04640d67","order":510,"text":"14. EDUCATION AND MORAL TRAINING OF CHILDREN","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"14","displayConditions":[{"field":"72b43c6d-a93c-4b26-9124-556082aed051","value":"1","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S14"},{"id":"01cc6e66-4263-4c74-ac3d-21587e990ef6","order":520,"text":"The Parties may agree on the right to direct the education and moral training of their children. The Parties acknowledge that, under section 52 of the Family Law Act, a marriage contract cannot determine decision-making responsibility (custody) or parenting time (access) with respect to a child, and cannot fix or limit child support, all of which remain subject to the best interests of the child and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"72b43c6d-a93c-4b26-9124-556082aed051","value":"1","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"665f985d-c5c3-4abe-a5cd-37013bdd01d6","order":530,"text":"15. 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The Certificates of Independent Legal Advice completed by each Party's lawyer form part of this Contract and are set out below.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"97a22ca4-ac37-46d6-9de0-746c444a40da","order":560,"text":"16. GENERAL PROVISIONS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"14","sectionNum":"S16"},{"id":"03c8b8d5-13d4-4d20-b770-07005afc9767","order":570,"text":"This Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties on its subject matter and supersedes all prior discussions and understandings. It may be amended or rescinded only by a further agreement in writing, signed by both Parties and witnessed in the same manner as this Contract. If any provision of this Contract is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force. 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