Gail Vaz-Oxlade's Guide To:

How To Have A Better Divorce

Financially Smart Divorce


For more than 25 years you have witnessed Gail Vaz-Oxlade's trademark straight-up money wisdom, both on Radio and Television, most notably as host of TVs Till Debt Do Us Part, Princess and Money Moron. Gail is a best-selling Canadian financial author.

Gail Vaz-Oxlade's Guide To

How To Have A Better Divorce

Financially Smart Divorce

How We Make Better Divorces - Better Futures

For almost two decades, The Common Sense Divorce has assisted
thousands of Canadians to move forward to New Beginnings.

Better Divorce

Our Story

Long before divorces, our roots reaches back to our core years in the financial industry. Seemed like every day we were hearing stories of separating families spending tens and tens of thousands of dollars to be led through legal divorce processes that left them emotionally broken, mentally defeated and financially destroyed. Surely there had to be a better divorce?

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Our Raison d’Être

Our founders, along with financial TV personality Gail Vaz-Oxlade started asking how do we take a process that can be so fundamentally destructive and somehow make a better divorce?  We put our heads together and started investigating, researching and talking to other financial experts, lawyers, mediators, therapists and social workers. By 2008 The Common Sense Divorce was created.

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Our Mission

It’s not usually legalities that cause the drama. It’s almost always the money. We understand money! That’s why we’re really good at understanding splitting up.

We know a better divorce. We know how to empower people in the middle of life’s challenges. How to reach new goals and find fuller potential. We’re all about our clients.  We create solutions and we prepare our clients for new futures. 

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Our Team Magic

Let’s not sugarcoat it! Divorce is difficult work, and that work can be really, really hard. But our team is special.

Our core values of wisdom, experience, quality, integrity, common sense, balance, care, empathy and yes, even kindness are lived by our team every day. Our values lie at the heart of our unique company culture.

Meet Our Team

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Gail Vax-Oxlade
Financial

Darren Gingras

Darren Gingras
Executive Director

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Mary-Anne Popescu
Family Mediator

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Dina Simone
Financial

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Shalimar Woods Dispute Resolution Team

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Joel Capitao
Home Services

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Sydney Bunting Family Lawyer

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Ken Murphy
Operations

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Sean Valentine
Family Lawyer

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Jessica Gingras
Dispute Resolution Team

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Brendan Horton
Dispute Resolution Technologies

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Liza Fouad
Dispute Resolution Team

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Neeraj Goel
Family Lawyer

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Ryan Osbourne
Family Lawyer

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Moises Rophie
Home Services

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Madison Howell
Family Lawyer

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Janice Gingras
Admin/Financial

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Jason Emata
Home Services

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Geoff Rabideau
Real Estate Law

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Jesse Abrams
Home Services

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Steve Altwerger
Estate Lawyer

Josh Morrison

Josh Morrison
Legal

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Kathy Andrews Financial/Tax

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Daniel Goldgut
Estate Lawyer

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What Our Clients Say

E.M.
Toronto, ON

“Great team! You were fast and efficient. My ex and I actually have a more respectful relationship now than we ever did before.”
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“I often think of how kind and compassionate you all were.
It is something I will never forget.”
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D.D.
Mississauga, ON

J.G.
Newmarket, ON

“My spouse was pushing me to just sign his agreement.
I'm glad I called.”
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“I want to thank The Common Sense Divorce.
Left to ourselves, we would have turned this into a legal mess.”
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C.W.
Kitchener, ON