If you are able to achieve a mediated agreement, you won't have to go to court.

• On June 21, 2019 Parliament made changes to the Divorce Act that affect family dispute resolution. These changes apply as of March 1, 2021.
• Family dispute resolution options that don’t require you to go to court, such as mediated agreements, are already available to you. What is new is that the Divorce Act says you need to try to solve your family law issues by using family dispute resolution, if it is appropriate., before you take the matter to court.

Matrimonial property is property owned or obtained by either or both married spouses before or during their marriage. This also includes many things, not just physical property like land or houses. It also includes things like 

1. the contents of the home
2. furniture and appliances
3. vehicles that the couple owned while married.
4. work pensions that either spouse may have, and
5. certain debts that the parties have individually or together. 

Understanding your rights and obligations is imperative.

• If you have complected legal issues to contend with, only a lawyer can provide valuable, independent guidance and legal advice on these matters.
• Once you have the information you need, Legal advisers now have an obligation to encourage you – as their client – to try to solve issues concerning divorce, through a family / divorce mediator, unless it would be clearly inappropriate to do so..