British Columbia
BC separation agreement software for family lawyers
Divo drafts BC separation agreements from your matter data under the Family Law Act (SBC 2011): Part 5 property division with excluded-property tracing, FCSG child support, SSAG spousal support, disclosure recitals, and ILA acknowledgements — assembled for lawyer review, not from a template.
Last updated: July 2026
Why BC separation agreements are their own discipline
A BC agreement drafted on an Ontario-shaped template gets the province wrong in ways that matter later. The Family Law Act (SBC 2011) sets its own framework:
- →Part 5 property division, not equalization. Family property (s. 84) divides; excluded property (s. 85) — pre-relationship assets, inheritances, gifts — is shielded except for its growth during the relationship. The agreement's property clauses have to carry that tracing, not a single equalization payment.
- →The setting-aside regime (ss. 93, 164). Property agreements can be set aside under s. 93 and spousal-support agreements under s. 164 — with inadequate disclosure the classic trigger. Careful BC drafting means written, signed, and witnessed execution, disclosure recitals that match what was actually exchanged, and ILA acknowledgements.
- →Common-law spouses have full property rights. Two years of cohabitation (or a child together) brings FLA property division into play — the agreement's recitals and releases need to reflect the correct spousal basis.
- →Support still runs federal. Child support follows the Federal Child Support Guidelines and spousal support the SSAG ranges — the same calculations Divo runs on every BC matter, flowing into the agreement's support terms.
How Divo assembles a BC agreement
You run the calculations on the matter — FCSG table amount and s. 7 apportionment, the SSAG range you're advising on, and the Part 5 division with exclusions traced. Divo then generates the agreement with those figures already placed: support quantum and duration, the division payment, the asset schedule, disclosure recitals tied to the matter's documents, ILA acknowledgements, and witnessed execution blocks.
Recalculate anything — an income changes, an exclusion gets conceded — and the next draft updates everywhere the number appears. Export is editable Word and PDF; the lawyer owns the final text. And if the file litigates instead of settling, the same matter data generates the Form F8 under the Supreme Court Family Rules.
BC separation agreement FAQ
Is Divo BC separation agreement software for lawyers or for couples?
For lawyers. Consumer tools help separating couples draft their own BC agreement; Divo is professional drafting software used by retained family lawyers. The support and property figures in the draft come from FCSG, SSAG, and FLA Part 5 calculations run on the matter — with an audit trail — and the lawyer reviews, advises, and finalizes.
How does Divo handle BC's excluded property in the agreement?
The property clauses are generated from the FLA Part 5 division you've run in Divo: family property shared under s. 84, exclusions traced under s. 85 (pre-relationship assets, inheritances, gifts), growth-during-relationship attribution, and family debt. The asset-by-asset schedule attaches to the agreement, so the division figure in the clause reconciles to the schedule line by line.
Does it deal with the FLA's setting-aside risk (ss. 93 and 164)?
The BC courts can set aside property agreements under FLA s. 93 and spousal-support agreements under s. 164 — most often for disclosure failures or procedural unfairness. Divo's drafts are built to reduce that surface: disclosure recitals tie to the documents actually exchanged in the matter, the figures reconcile with the attached calculations, and independent-legal-advice acknowledgements and witnessed execution blocks are included. Judgment on fairness remains the lawyer's.
Does it apply to common-law (unmarried) spouses in BC?
Yes. BC's Family Law Act gives unmarried spouses who have lived together at least two years (or have a child together) the same property rights as married spouses, and Divo's BC engine treats both relationship types identically — the agreement recitals reflect the correct spousal basis.
Can the agreement figures feed the Form F8 too?
Yes. The same matter data that populates the separation agreement generates the Form F8 Financial Statement (Supreme Court Family Rules) if the file ends up in court. One source of truth, whether the matter settles or litigates.
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Draft a BC agreement from a real matter
Book a demo and we'll generate a separation agreement live on a test BC matter — Part 5 division, support terms, and disclosure recitals included.