Gail Vaz-Oxlade's Guide To:
Better Divorce
Financially Smart Divorce
For more than 25 years you have witnessed Gail Vaz-Oxlade's trademark straight-up money wisdom, both on Radio and Television, most notably as host of TVs Till Debt Do Us Part, Princess and Money Moron. Gail is a best-selling Canadian financial author.
Gail Vaz-Oxlade's Guide To
Better Divorce
Financially Smart Divorce
Better Divorce - Better Futures
Better Divorce - Better Futures
For almost 20 years, The Common Sense Divorce has assisted thousands of Canadians to move forward to New Beginnings.
For almost 20 years, The Common Sense Divorce has assisted thousands of Canadians to move forward to New Beginnings.
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Our Story
Long before divorces, our roots reaches back to our core years in the financial industry. Seemed like every day we were hearing stories of separating families spending tens and tens of thousands of dollars to be led through legal divorce processes that left them emotionally broken, mentally defeated and financially destroyed. Surely there had to be a better divorce?
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Our Raison D’être
Our founders, along with financial TV personality Gail Vaz-Oxlade started asking how do we take a process that can be so fundamentally destructive and somehow make a better divorce? We put our heads together and started investigating, researching and talking to other financial experts, lawyers, mediators, therapists and social workers. By 2008 The Common Sense Divorce was created.
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Our Mission
It’s not usually legalities that cause the drama. It’s almost always the money. We understand money! That’s why we’re really good at understanding splitting up.
We know a better divorce. We know how to empower people in the middle of life’s challenges. How to reach new goals and find fuller potential. We’re all about our clients. We create solutions and we prepare our clients for new futures.
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Our Team Magic
Let’s not sugarcoat it! Divorce is difficult work, and that work can be really, really hard. But our team is special.
Our core values of wisdom, experience, quality, integrity, common sense, balance, care, empathy and yes, even kindness are lived by our team every day. Our values lie at the heart of our unique company culture.
Meet Our Team
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Gail Vax-Oxlade
Financial
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Darren Gingras
Executive Director
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Mary-Anne Popescu
Family Mediator
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Dina Simone
Financial
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Shalimar Woods Dispute Resolution Team
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Joel Capitao
Home Services
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Sydney Bunting Family Lawyer
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Ken Murphy
Operations
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Sean Valentine
Family Lawyer
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Geoff Rabideau
Real Estate Law
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Brendan Horton
Dispute Resolution Technologies
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Liza Fouad
Dispute Resolution Team
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Neeraj Goel
Family Lawyer
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Ryan Osbourne
Family Lawyer
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Moises Rophie
Home Services
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Jesse Abrams
Home Services
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Janice Gingras
Financial
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Jason Emata
Home Services
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Madison Howell
Family Lawyer
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Josh Morrison
Legal
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Steve Altwerger
Estate Lawyer
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Jessica Gingras
Dispute Resolution Team
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Kathy Andrews Financial/Tax
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Daniel Goldgut
Estate Lawyer
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What Our Clients Say
E.M.
Toronto, ON
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It is something I will never forget.”
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D.D.
Mississauga, ON
J.G.
Newmarket, ON
I'm glad I called.”
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Left to ourselves, we would have turned this into a legal mess.”
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