Thank you for booking your appointment for a

legal separation without dependent child in videoconference.

Hereunder you will find the various information

concerning the processing of your file

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Conditions for obtaining a judgment of legal separation in Quebec

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To do your proceedings in Quebec, at least one of the parties must have resided in Quebec during the last twelve months.  The place of marriage is not important.

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​To request a legal separation, your will to live together must be damaged.

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Documents required to obtain a judgment

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To proceed with your file, you will need a photocopy of the birth certificates of both parties and your marriage certificate.

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N.B. When you are married in Quebec, your marriage certificate must come from the Direction de l'état civil. It's blue and looks like a birth certificate. This is not your marriage statement. If you don't have it or have never had it, you must order it. Everyone must provide these documents without exception. If you got married outside Quebec, you must provide the original marriage certificate, rather than a copy.

 

If you have chosen a different matrimonial regime within the framework of a notarized marriage contract or if you make a notarized contract excluding the application of the family patrimony before 1991 or if you have obtained a legal separation judgment, you must provide the original of the document(s) in question.

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All documents must be written in French or English. Otherwise, they must be accompanied by the original of an official translation prepared by a translator of the Order of Translators of Quebec.

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If you are missing documents at the time of the meeting, there will be an additional management fee of $50 per missing document which will be added to the fees. If you would like me to order a document for you from the Directeur de l'état civil du Québec, the cost will be $150 (taxes and fees included).  Note that you can order your documents yourself, for a costing $34 to $66.

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Time required to obtain a judgment

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Depending on your judicial district, the judgment is generally rendered within six to nine months following the filing of all court proceedings. However, the Court is not bound by this deadline and it is always possible that the judgment will be rendered more than nine months after the filing of the proceedings, although this is very unusual.  Similarly, some districts render their judgment within a few weeks.

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Progress of the file to obtain a judgment in videoconference

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First, you will have to complete a questionnaire concerning the relevant information in your file (one questionnaire for both parties). Then, you will have to pay a deposit to cover the costs and fees for your file. The payment of the fees must be made when you complete the questionnaire or at least 72 hours before the videoconference. Finally, you must send us a photocopy of all the documents required for your file, at least 72 hours before the videoconference. You will receive a reminder email to this effect which will indicate the required documents.

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You and the other party will have to attend a single videoconference meeting of one to two hours, where the documents will be prepared, digitally signed and sworn.

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The detailed fees to obtain a judgment in videoconference

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For the all-inclusive by videoconference packages, it will cost you a total amount of $ 700, taxes included. Court stamp fees are included with this option. To benefit from this rate, you must never have used subsidized mediation together. Otherwise, it will cost you an additional amount of $ 300, taxes included.

 

For more specific information, you can call us at 514-639-5611 or write to info@rupturequebec.com