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Legal Term

Equalization Payment

Canadian Law

In Ontario and some provinces, the payment from spouse with higher net family property to equalize division.

Example

The equalization payment of $150,000 balanced their property division.

Canadian Equivalent

In Canada, this is referred to as Equalization Payment (ON; the spouse with lower NFP receives half the difference).

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