Scenario

You were handed the draft

Ask for a text file, pick the correct province and instrument, and use the report as questions for your own lawyer.

What this product will do

It will quote the file, cite the selected province pack, and collect lawyer questions. It will not tell you to sign. It will not pick Ontario for you because the other person lives in Toronto if you actually live in Calgary.

Photos and scans are rejected because every finding has to quote extractable text.

formalitiesstatute

Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, ss. 52, 55, 56(4)

Marriage-contract form

A marriage contract must be in writing, signed by the parties, and witnessed. Ontario does not use Québec notarial form as the formation rule.

  • Photos and unsigned templates are not a completed domestic contract.
  • If the file calls itself a prenup, the formation question is still this province’s marriage-contract form, not California Fam. Code or Sambolagen.
formalitiesstatute

Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, ss. 53, 55, 56(4)

Cohabitation-agreement form

A cohabitation agreement must be in writing, signed by the parties, and witnessed (s. 55).

  • Photos and unsigned templates are not a completed domestic contract.
  • If the file calls itself a prenup while the parties are unmarried, classify it against this province’s cohabitation rules rather than renaming it a marriage contract.
formalitiesstatute

Civil Code of Québec, CQLR c. CCQ-1991, arts. 391, 414–426, 431–443

Marriage-contract form

A marriage contract is made by notarial act, except where the Code permits another form. This is not Ontario witnessing and not a U.S. acknowledgment.

  • Photos and unsigned templates are not a completed domestic contract.
  • If the file calls itself a prenup, the formation question is still this province’s marriage-contract form, not California Fam. Code or Sambolagen.