St-Clair & Associates : Our joint (uncontested) divorce packages.

Order divorce proceedings professionally-drafted by a lawyer or take advantage of our all-inclusive packages.

Evening and weekend appointments also available : (514) 234-3333

To reduce the hassle of completing the forms, making the required child support calculations, and going to Court to file the proceedings, we can handle it all for you for a fixed fee. By ensuring that all the necessary documents are filed and that the proceedings contain the essential clauses, we can help you avoid potentially long delays at Court and other problems with your divorce.

For our full-service or drafting-only packages, you will need to:

Étape 1 : Rassemblez vos documents.

You will need to obtain the following documents. Contact the Directeur de l'état civil to obtain your birth or marriage certificates if those events occured in Quebec. Our firm can also order documents for you for a fee of $49 plus taxes per document (or $79 plus taxes for accelerated processing).

- Copy of your birth certificate
- Copy of spouse's birth certificate
- Original act of marriage/marriage certificate
- Proof of social assistance (welfare), if you receive payments
- Original or certified copy of any judgment of separation
- Original or certified copy of any notarized marriage contract (also referred to as prenuptial agreements)

You will also need to provide the following for the Court to verify if you have put together a fair agreement:

- Federal & provincial income tax returns
- Federal & provincial notices of assessment for your last income tax return
- A recent pay slip
- Financial statements (budget) if you are self-employed or own a business
- A statement of income and expenses for your buildings if you are a landlord

Étape 2 : Remplissez le questionnaire.

> Questionnaire

Print, complete and sign the Joint Divorce Questionnaire and the Child Support Determination Form (Adobe PDF documents).
(Joint Divorce Questionnaire is approximately 900 KB; if your browser experiences difficulty loading it, right-click on the link, select "Save target as..." and open the downloaded file.)

You will need to sign the questionnaire and return it to our office with the supporting documents listed above.

If you require assistance completing the Child Support Determination Form, we can assist you with our Aliform software.
NB: An agreement on child support must be submitted to the Court if the children from your marriage are not financially autonomous. Select one of our packages "With Children" if at least one of the children of your marriage are still in school or financially dependant on you or your (ex-)spouse.

You may pay online with a Mastercard or Visa credit card, by calling us at (514) 234-3333, make a payment at our office in person or by mail.

+ What is the timeframe for a joint divorce?

AT OUR END: It takes us approximately 3 to 4 weeks to draft your divorce proceedings and assemble the required documents for filing. The actual time before we begin your file depends on the volume of cases that are waiting in queue for drafting. If there are specific deadlines you are aiming for, we also offer an accelerated 2-business day option with a request at Court for priority processing (additional fees of $250 apply).

AT COURT: If your joint divorce application is filed in the judicial district of Montreal, the typical processing times at Court are 3 to 4 months. For other districts in Quebec, we typically see processing times of 2 to 3 months, depending on the number of files in queue at the Court you are filing in.

OTHER INFORMATION: A joint divorce application does not have to be served to your spouse which reduces the initial delays and results in saving bailiff costs. Furthermore, this type of application does not require a Notice of Presentation as in the case of a contested application, where there is a standard minimum 40-day wait before the next step in the file (or 60 days, if your spouse lives outside the province of Quebec).

The divorce file must be complete, with all the documents listed in our checklist before your file is transferred by the Court clerks to a Judge who will render a judgment of divorce.

* It is also important to remember that although you may start your joint divorce application before being separated for twelve months, the Court will not grant the judgment of divorce until you have reached your twelth month of separation.