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What are the grounds for divorce in Canada?
What is adultery?
How do you prove adultery? Does someone have to admit it in court?
What is an affidavit?
What if my spouse won't sign the affidavit? Can I give evidence that my husband has committed adultery? Would I have to hire a private detective?
Does the affidavit about adultery include the name of the other person?
Will we have to go to court to get a divorce on the grounds of adultery?
What does the Divorce Act mean by physical cruelty?
What is mental cruelty?
My spouse and I argue and yell a lot. Is that mental cruelty?
What happens if I want to get a divorce but my spouse doesn't?
Are all divorces contested?
If my divorce is contested, will I have to go to court?
Is an uncontested divorce just decided by the spouses and their lawyers?
What if the judge doesn't think the divorce settlement is fair? Will this stop the divorce?

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More Divorce FAQs
DOJ: Divorce Law

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