Checklist
One row per catalogued topic, for both instruments. An empty row is a package gap, not a claim that no law exists.
formalities
Domestic contracts under the Family Law Act are written instruments with the Act’s signature and witness requirements.
acknowledgment
Domestic contracts under the Family Law Act are written instruments with the Act’s signature and witness requirements.
property
Family property is a territorial sharing scheme with its own family-home rules.
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 in the same Act family. A waiver is not a court order.
child_support
Child support is not a private exclusion.
voluntariness
Setting aside follows the Act’s domestic-contract provisions. Do not cite Ontario s. 56(4) as NWT law.
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 analyze NWT as Nunavut or Yukon without reading the cited NWT Act.
formalities
Unmarried spouses who meet the Act’s definition use the same domestic-contract tools. This is not an Ontario-only cohabitation agreement.
acknowledgment
Unmarried spouses who meet the Act’s definition use the same domestic-contract tools. This is not an Ontario-only cohabitation agreement.
property
The NWT Family Law Act commonly treats persons who have cohabited for at least two years, or who have a child together, as spouses for family-property purposes. Confirm the current definition in the cited Act.
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 in the same Act family. A waiver is not a court order.
child_support
Child support is not a private exclusion.
voluntariness
Setting aside follows the Act’s domestic-contract provisions. Do not cite Ontario s. 56(4) as NWT law.
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 analyze NWT as Nunavut or Yukon without reading the cited NWT Act.