Scarborough
Money Smart
Financial Wisdom

Family Mediated Separation Agreements
Creating smart financial solutions
Without going to court

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.

We hear it all the time...

“I’ve never managed the money …
… I need to plan for the future.”

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“If this goes to court…
… there won’t be any money left.”

Scarborough Family Law Solutions

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?

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 2009 The Common Sense Divorce was created.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. 

Let’s not sugarcoat it! Divorce is difficult work and there are days when 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.

What Do I Do Next?

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CONSULTATION
Call Our Offices

Speak with our Client Care Team about your options & choices and how we can help you make smart decisions.

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ORGANIZE
an Orientation & Prep Session

A personalized Planning & Prep Session will help you organize, understand, and move forward.

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AGREEMENT
Choose a
Negotiation Process

Choosing the right process for you and your family will save you time, money and drama.

Scarborough Financially Focused Mediation

Co-Parenting Plans
Support Arrangements

Gail Vaz-Oxlade Divorce and money

For most people divorce is less about legalities and more about finances, tax implications and making smart money decisions. This is why we started The Common Sense Divorce.” Gail Vaz-Oxlade

GENERATE YOUR FREE AND PERSONALIZED SEPARATION ANALYSIS REPORT

Every couple faces unique challenges.
Understand how separation will affect you,
your children, your finances and your future.

DO NOT BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL you understand your situation, your rights, your potential complexities.

The Common Sense Advantage

Resources
and Tools

ODIN is a Suite of free tools to help you better understand Separation and Divorce in Ontario.

Full 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.

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Gail Vaz-Oxlade: Canadian best-selling financial author, host of TV’s ’till Debt Do Us Part, Princess and Money Moron and co-founder of the Common Sense Divorce.

A Pre-Recorded Message About Our Services
Not everyone is ready to talk with somone in person.  You can call the Common Sense Divorce at anytime and hear a pre-recorded 2 min message about our services.

Free Telephone Consultation
We will gladly take the time to speak with you about our services and the divorce process in Ontario.  The Common Sense Divorce offers a free 20 min telephone consultation.

Respect Your Privacy
We understand that this is a difficult time and calling us is a big step.  We are going to work hard to make this phone call easier, make you feel at ease and make sure that we respect your privacy.

Calling DOES NOT Mean You Are Divorcing
We understand that you may be just researching and have not made any decisions.  We do not assume that because you are calling, that this means you are divorcing.

Gail Vaz-Oxlade

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