Marriage

Celebration of the marriage

• Why choose a notary as officiant?
• What law governs the marriage in Quebec?
• What is the minimum age to get married?
• Can the celebration of our marriage take place abroad?
• Who can oppose a marriage?
• What are the formalities to be followed in the main countries in which Quebec couples marry?
• How to reconcile the celebration of our marriage with the formalities required by foreign governments?
• Who can celebrate a marriage in Quebec?
• Where the celebration of marriage can take place?
• At what time and what day can the celebration take place?
• What is the minimum waiting period to get married?
• Celebration of your marriage
• Planning of the legal aspects of your marriage

Obligations of the spouses

• What are the duties of married spouses?
• What name do the spouses take after the marriage?
• Do the civil marriage and religious marriage create the same obligations?
• Who will be capable of managing your business if you do not have anymore the capacity to do so?

Marriage contract

• What is a marriage contract?
• What is the advantage of having a marriage contract?
• Why make a marriage contract when the legal regime governing our marriage suits us?
• Must we publish a marriage contract?
• Can we make gifts of property to our spouse in a marriage contract?
• Do the gifts in a marriage contract have precedence (i.e. priority) over those of the Will?
• In case of divorce, what is happening to the gifts made in consideration of the marriage?

Matrimonial regime

• Do all married spouses are subjected to a matrimonial regime?
• What are the matrimonial regimes provided by the Civil Code of Québec?
• What are the main characteristics of the partnership of acquests?
• What are the main characteristics of separation as to property?
• Is the matrimonial regime reviewable?
• Are the matrimonial regimes reviewable?

Family patrimony

• Of what property is constituted the family patrimony in the marriage?
• Are married spouses subjected to the family patrimony?