Checklist
One row per catalogued topic, for both instruments. An empty row is a package gap, not a claim that no law exists.
formalities
Spouses may make agreements about family property in writing according to the Act. Formality is provincial, not UPAA.
acknowledgment
Spouses may make agreements about family property in writing according to the Act. Formality is provincial, not UPAA.
property
Family assets / family property under Manitoba’s Act is its own accounting, not BC excluded-property and not Québec patrimony.
permitted_subjects
A marriage contract typically addresses property, debts, and sometimes support between spouses. Public-order limits (Québec family patrimony; child support everywhere) still apply.
spousal_support
Support is a separate Manitoba/federal analysis from property contracting.
child_support
Child support is not a bargained-away private debt between adults.
voluntariness
The Act and general contract principles govern when an agreement will not be followed. Disclosure and advice remain lawyer questions.
financial_disclosure
Canadian family agreements are often judged partly on whether each party knew the assets and debts. This pack does not invent a U.S. statutory disclosure exhibit list.
independent_counsel
Canadian family agreements often stand or fall partly on whether each party could get advice. That is not a uniform statutory certificate across provinces, and Québec notarial counseling is a different professional model from common-law ILA letters.
timing
A first draft delivered immediately before a wedding is a voluntariness and understanding fact. Canada does not use a single U.S.-style statutory waiting period in these packs.
limitations
Do not generalize Manitoba’s three-year common-law trigger to Ontario or Québec.
formalities
Common-law partners who meet the Act’s definition may also contract about family property. Do not use Ontario s. 53 numbering.
acknowledgment
Common-law partners who meet the Act’s definition may also contract about family property. Do not use Ontario s. 53 numbering.
property
Manitoba’s Family Property Act can include common-law partners after a three-year cohabitation (or a registered common-law relationship, or a child plus a relationship of some permanence, as the Act defines). That is not Ontario’s married-only equalization.
permitted_subjects
A cohabitation agreement typically addresses property and debts between unmarried partners. It cannot manufacture a statutory regime the province does not confer, and it cannot replace a will.
spousal_support
Support is a separate Manitoba/federal analysis from property contracting.
child_support
Child support is not a bargained-away private debt between adults.
voluntariness
The Act and general contract principles govern when an agreement will not be followed. Disclosure and advice remain lawyer questions.
financial_disclosure
Canadian family agreements are often judged partly on whether each party knew the assets and debts. This pack does not invent a U.S. statutory disclosure exhibit list.
independent_counsel
Canadian family agreements often stand or fall partly on whether each party could get advice. That is not a uniform statutory certificate across provinces, and Québec notarial counseling is a different professional model from common-law ILA letters.
timing
A cohabitation agreement signed years into a relationship, or a 'prenup' signed while unmarried just before a wedding, raises classification and transition questions. Marriage usually moves the couple onto the marriage-contract / marital-property statute.
limitations
Do not generalize Manitoba’s three-year common-law trigger to Ontario or Québec.