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 Act are written. Territorial practice is not U.S. acknowledgment law and not Québec notarial form.
acknowledgment
Domestic contracts under the Act are written. Territorial practice is not U.S. acknowledgment law and not Québec notarial form.
property
Family-property division is territorial. Do not use Ontario NFP worksheets or Québec patrimony categories.
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
The same statute addresses support. A property clause is not a complete support analysis.
child_support
Child support remains under child-support law.
voluntariness
Fairness, disclosure, and advice are lawyer questions under the Act and general 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
Territorial law is first-class in this catalog. Do not treat Yukon as 'probably like BC.'
formalities
Because spouse can include unmarried partners who meet the Act’s cohabitation or child tests, a cohabitation agreement may sit inside the same statute as a marriage contract.
acknowledgment
Because spouse can include unmarried partners who meet the Act’s cohabitation or child tests, a cohabitation agreement may sit inside the same statute as a marriage contract.
property
Yukon’s Family Property and Support Act uses a spouse definition that can include persons who have cohabited in a relationship of some permanence (commonly twelve months, or a child). Check the current definition in the cited Act rather than importing Ontario or BC numbers from memory.
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
The same statute addresses support. A property clause is not a complete support analysis.
child_support
Child support remains under child-support law.
voluntariness
Fairness, disclosure, and advice are lawyer questions under the Act and general 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
Territorial law is first-class in this catalog. Do not treat Yukon as 'probably like BC.'