Asking on behalf of a friend...
They were married for 12 years. He has dual Canadian Irish citizenship. Went to ireland over the summer, and informed her that he's not coming back. He's always spoken about how much better his life would be in ireland.
He's told her via email that she can keep the house. She's the bread winner, and he was often unemployed, working in a cyclical industry. They have 2 kids.
Questions:
- can she even go to court for CS? Ontario does not have a maintenance agreement with Ireland, only Sask does
- can he be tried in absence?
- assuming that a judge could order that CS be taken from his share of matrimonial assets? Or deduct it from any SS that she might owe him.
- his parents have been giving her some money, assuming that a court would consider that part of his contribution.
They were married for 12 years. He has dual Canadian Irish citizenship. Went to ireland over the summer, and informed her that he's not coming back. He's always spoken about how much better his life would be in ireland.
He's told her via email that she can keep the house. She's the bread winner, and he was often unemployed, working in a cyclical industry. They have 2 kids.
Questions:
- can she even go to court for CS? Ontario does not have a maintenance agreement with Ireland, only Sask does
- can he be tried in absence?
- assuming that a judge could order that CS be taken from his share of matrimonial assets? Or deduct it from any SS that she might owe him.
- his parents have been giving her some money, assuming that a court would consider that part of his contribution.
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