Common questions
Is a Canadian marriage contract the same as a prenup?
In conversation, people say prenup. In this catalog the instrument is a marriage contract (or Québec contrat de mariage). Formation, setting-aside, and the default property regime are provincial. Do not import California waiting periods or Skatteverket registration.
Can one national contract cover a couple who might move?
A governing-law clause is a conflicts question for a lawyer, not something this product decides. If the couple later lives in another province, a court may still look at that province’s family-property statute. Each live pack stays inside its own cited Act.
Does Québec play by the same opt-out rules?
No. Family patrimony is of public order. Spouses choose or default into a matrimonial regime (often partnership of acquests) by marriage contract, but they do not simply waive family patrimony the way an Ontario couple might contract around equalization.
What about the matrimonial or family home?
Most provinces give the home special possessory or accounting treatment. A blanket 'the house stays mine' clause is often the wrong question. Read the province pack’s property and limitations sources instead of assuming Texas homestead or Swedish samboegendom.
Can we waive child support?
Treat any child-support or parenting waiver as a lawyer issue. These packs catalogue that children are not ordinary contract subjects. They do not invent a federal child-support guideline result.
Does independent legal advice make the contract bulletproof?
No. ILA is often important evidence on understanding and fairness. It is not automatic validity. Missing ILA is not automatic invalidity. Québec notarial form is a different professional model.