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30  spouses. But if this happens, you may want to have a separation agreement or court order to deal with issues like support, property, and parenting plans. You and your spouse can make a written agreement about how you want to arrange your finances and other parts of your life together, as well as how your property will be divided and what spousal support will be paid if you separate. You can make this agreement at any time – before or after you get married or start to live together. An agreement between common-law spouses is called a “cohabitation agreement”, and one between married spouses is called a “marriage contract”. Both are examples of what is called a “domestic contract”. In a marriage contract or cohabitation agreement, you can agree to arrangements that are different from the usual family law rules about property and spousal support. But the contract or agreement cannot say what the parenting plan will be if the relationship ends, who will have custody of your children, or who will pay the support and how much. These issues about children can only be decided if and when you decide to separate. A “separation agreement” is a domestic contract that you and your spouse can make when you are thinking of separating or after you have separated. In a separation agreement you can deal with the arrangements for the children, as well as property and spousal support. If you and your spouse are separating, you will have to make decisions together about things like: who will stay in your home, how your children will be cared, financial support, and dividing up property and money. It is usually best if the two of you can agree on as many of these things as possible. Sometimes it can be helpful to have a lawyer represent you in working out the details with your spouse. Once you sign a separation agreement, you will have to follow it unless you both agree to change it, or a judge decides that there is a good reason to change it. If reaching an agreement is too diff...