The Money Smart
Divorce Solution
Family Mediation in Elgin County
...Without Going to Court.
Divorce in Elgin County, Ontario
Financially Focused Family Mediation
The Common Sense Divorce
Step By Step Process
A clear 10-step process that walks you from start to finish. Mediation, legal wisdom, financial smarts, and your Separation Agreement all in one place.
Innovative Technology
End-to-end online services. The latest legal-tech advances! Maximize your schedule, minimize conflict, utilize more professionals and access smart resources!
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Generate a 6-page FREE Separation Analysis Report. Understand your personal situation better and start planning your next steps today.

Host of TV's Till Debt Do Us Part

The Unofficial Rules of Divorce:
- Divorce gets prickly, even for the most amicable of situations
- The drama is often less about the legalities and more often about the money
- People make expensive mistakes because they don’t make a plan
- Before you do anything, understand your rights, obligations & complexities
Elgin County Family Mediation: The Common Sense Divorce Solution
The Common Sense Divorce has been offering online Family Mediation for a number of years.
We are pleased to extend our virtual Family Mediation Services throughout Ontario!
How Mediation is Better Than Litigation Lawyers
How Mediation is Better Than Litigation Lawyers
Child Focused
Parenting Plans
Why You Want to Consider Family Mediation BEFORE You Take On A Litigation Lawyer
A Mediation Process that addresses your LEGAL, FINANCIAL and EMOTIONAL Needs.
The Common Sense Divorce includes the mediators, lawyers and financial professionals needed to create a money-smart, financially savvy Separation Agreement that is not only legal, but also binding and enforceable.
Whether your situation is straightforward or complex, amicable or acrimonious, The Common Sense Divorce offers numerous Mediation Bundles and Negotiation Processes to assist you and your spouse.
Child Focused
Parenting Plans
WE CARE ABOUT KIDS! Divorce can turn your kid's world upside down.
We can help you and your ex preserve your children’s ability to feel stable, secure and loved by you both... while successfully understanding how to co-parent together moving forward.
The Matrimonial Home
The Matrimonial Home
The house will be by both.The Common Sense Divorce brings an entire team of Realtors, Mortgage Brokers & Real Estate Lawyers to help you plan the next steps.
Money Smart
Tax Smart
Division of Assets
Smart Money Decisions
It's not just about dividing everything down the middle. Divorce is about money.
We understand money and our Mediation process includes specially trained financial professionals who will help you through the implications of divorce, money and taxes.
Spousal Support
Spousal Support
However, Spousal Support is a reality and is part of most divorces in Ontario.
When you look at divorce from a financial perspective, there are many ways to create support solutions that are easier to live with.
Financial Planning
Your New Life
Financial Planning
Divorce changes everything. It's now up to you and YOU alone to plan for your own financial future.
If you have lived without a financial plan, The Common Sense Divorce can help you turn this time of transition into an opportunity to recreate your financial self.
The Matrimonial Home
The Matrimonial Home
Money Smart
Tax Smart
Division of Assets
Smart Money Decisions
Spousal Support
Spousal Support
Financial Planning
Your New Life
Financial Planning










What It Means When Your Spouse Suggests Mediation
- Mediation is typically cheaper than lawyers or the courts
- Mediation tends to be the faster divorce process
- The courts will require you to consider mediation first
- Mediation has an excellent success rate
Free Elgin County Services to Help Right Now
Ontario Divorce Plan
A personalized report that addresses your situation. Understand what’s involved BEFORE you start any legal processes.
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Not everyone is ready to talk. Call The Common Sense Divorce right now and hear a confidentially recorded 2-minute message about our services.
Telephone Consultation
Book a free telephone assessment and consultation. Learn about the divorce process in Ontario and how Common Sense Divorce can help.

HOW TO GET STARTED WITH ONLINE MEDIATION
Do you want to understand how Online Mediation can work for you? Book a free JOINT TELEPHONE CONSULT for you and your Spouse. We will gladly explain the entire process and its benefits.
The Common Sense Divorce Advantage
Resources and Tools
Generate a FREE Separation Analysis Report and better understand your personal situation.
Spectrum of Expertise
Mediation, Collaborative
Legal Services, Financial/Tax Planning, Children’s
Counselling.
Choices & Options
More choices, more legal options and more solutions for you,
your partner and
for your family.

How to Avoid A Messy Divorce
- Seriously consider mediation before lawyer litigation
- If at all possible, stay out of the Family Courts
- Gather and organize your financial documents
- Do your homework, understand how divorce works in Ontario
Family Mediation - Divorce in Elgin County
with a financial focus
For more than 20 years you have witnessed Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s trademark straight-up money wisdom. Both on Radio and Television and most notably as host of TVs Till Debt Do Us Part, Princess and Money Moron.
Gail is a multiple time, best-selling financial author, and one of the top Canadian authors of the past decade. Gail brings her financial wisdom to family mediation in Ontario.
Gail Vaz-Oxlade is Canada’s no-nonsense money expert.

Family Mediation - Divorce in Ontario
with a financial focus
For more than 20 years you have witnessed Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s trademark straight-up money wisdom. Both on Radio and Television and most notably as host of TVs Till Debt Do Us Part, Princess and Money Moron.
Gail is a multiple time, best-selling financial author, and one of the top Canadian authors of the past decade. Gail brings her financial wisdom to family mediation in Ontario.
Gail Vaz-Oxlade is Canada’s no-nonsense money expert.
