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Document Outline
- Ch1
- Ch2
- Generally, lawyers and legal administrative assistants are not involved in the obtaining of marriage licences. Most couples planning to get married obtain licenses on their own.
- Common-law Relationships
- MARRIAGE CONTRACTS
- FORMAT OF CONTRACTS/AGREEMENTS
- THE FORMAT OF THE AGREEMENT
- General Formatting Rules
- Margins. There are different professionally accepted standards for margins. The current practice seems to be to accept the default margins set by the word processing software; however, some firms may require their margins to be set to a different sett…
- Spacing. Single space the description of the parties in the heading; use 1.5 spacing for the preamble and the body of the agreement, and triple spacing between paragraphs in the body. To triple space, set the space after each paragraph to 22 points i…
- Page Numbering. The numbering on the second and following pages should be centered at the top of each page in the header; common practice is for the header to be at either 0.5” from the top or 1” from the top of the page. A triple space should be le…
- Heading of the Agreement
- MARRIAGE AGREEMENT
- [THE TITLE IS FOLLOWED BY A TRIPLE SPACE]
- Body of the Agreement
- Ending of the Agreement
- SAMPLE ATTESTATION CLAUSES
- Example 2 – Seals – two witnesses
- Example 3 – No seals – one witness
- Example 4 – Seals – one witness
- The Supreme Court Rules make no mention of a backing sheet. It is the court registry which has traditionally required a backing sheet which provides information about the address for delivery. At this time the court registry only requires backing she…
- There are two formats for backing sheets: one is for legal instruments like agreements and wills; the other is for court documents. See Appendix One for examples of each type of backing sheet, and for instructions on how to create the backing sheet.
- The backing sheet is stapled behind the document, facing in the opposite direction, with the date at the left side.
- See the Sweeney Client Information Sheet which follows on the next two pages.
- Ch3
- Excerpt from the Child Support Tables:
- REAL PROPERTY: House at 14424 Ridge Crescent, Surrey, B. C., owned as joint tenants by the parties
- Use five beginning unnumbered paragraphs for the preamble. Since the Sweeney’s do not have children, the paragraph in the preamble which mentions children can be omitted.
- Compose and number the following paragraphs as shown:
- REAL PROPERTY: House at 3240 Meadowbrook Drive, North Vancouver, B. C., owned as joint tenants by the parties
- Ch4 Final for bookstore Fall 2022
- Ch5
- Ch6 final bookstore.docx Fall 2022
- Ch7 Final for bookstore Fall 2022
- Ch8
- Ch9
- xAppendixOne