"My spouse and I are about to separate and I would like to get some sense of what legal issues are involved."

Generally, the issues relate to the parenting of children, child support, spousal support, property division, and their various sub-issues. In most cases where the separation is permanent, a further issue is divorce.

Gary Joseph and Michael Stangarone are lawyers with Toronto's MacDonald & Partners family-law firm. They can be reached at (416) 971-4802. View their firm's Divorce Magazine profile.