Ontario separation guides, tools, and kits for men
Guides and kits.
Everything for the first weeks of an Ontario separation — the paid workbook, a free two-minute audit, and free plain-language guides. Read what fits where you are; the price or a Free tag is on every card.
Best value
First 90 Days Complete
The First 14 Days, the Co-Parenting Plan, and the money kit together — everything for the first 90 days, in one download.
3 kits · save $18
Paid kit
The First 14 Days — A Separation Workbook for Men in Ontario
A fill-in field manual for the first weeks of an Ontario separation — what to do, what not to do, and how to walk into your first lawyer meeting prepared.
Fillable + print PDF · 6 sections
Paid kit
The Co-Parenting Plan — what to set up before the schedule sets itself
Build the parenting plan and the record that hold up — before a rushed temporary schedule becomes the one a court is slow to change.
Fillable + print PDF · 5 sections
Paid kit
Know the Numbers — An Ontario Money & Property Field Manual for Men
Work out what you owe, what you keep, and the disclosure you'll need — before you sign anything or overpay because you walked in unprepared.
Fillable + print PDF · 6 sections
Paid kit
The Separation Agreement Kit — build the deal before the lawyers bill
Not a template — the prep system. Build the term sheet, the issues list, and the disclosure record that turn the $2,000-and-up retainers lawyers quote into a review-and-advise engagement.
Fillable + print PDF · 6 sections
Paid kit
The Support Change Kit — stop the clock, then fix the number
Income dropped, schedule changed, FRO letters arriving — the order didn't move. The change record, the effective-notice letter, the income evidence pack, and the four routes to a new number, priced.
Fillable + print PDF · 6 sections
Paid kit
The Family Court Kit — walk in knowing what happens next
First document to settlement conference, for the self-represented man: the deadline table, the 8-page brief builder, the conference scripts, the urgent-motion decision aid, and the costs rules that pay the reasonable party.
Fillable + print PDF · 6 sections
Paid kit
The Disclosure Kit — every number traceable, nothing to find
The court-facing disclosure system: which form your case requires, the master gather list, the three-date capture sheets, the 13A certificate and redaction mechanics, and the calm playbook for the other side's thin numbers.
Fillable + print PDF · 6 sections
Excel model
The Runway Workbook — a 12-month separation cash-flow model for men (Excel)
For men who run the numbers: a 12-month daily cash-flow model — your support payments, two households, the red-line day, and the one number most men guess at: what's safe to spend each pay.
Excel workbook · macro-free · verified formulas
Just separated
The First 90 Days
A 35-page plain-language guide to Ontario separation, written for men. What the process looks like, what each step costs, and what to do this week.
35 pages · PDF · no credit card · one-click unsubscribe
Before your consult
Your First Lawyer Meeting
A six-page checklist for the 60-minute Ontario family-law consult. What to bring, what to ask, what to listen for, and what not to sign.
6 pages · PDF · no credit card · one-click unsubscribe
Splitting assets
Dividing Property in Ontario
How property really gets divided in Ontario — net family property, the equalization payment, and the matrimonial-home trap that costs men the most.
8 pages · PDF · no credit card · one-click unsubscribe
Free tool
The Exposure Audit
A two-minute check that shows which of the six areas of your separation you are most exposed in right now, and what to read first.
2 minutes · no account needed
For the months ahead
Ongoing help.
A separation does not end the day the paperwork is filed. These are monthly subscriptions — billed each month, cancel anytime — that carry the support numbers, the budget, and the parenting tools through the whole stretch.
Monthly plan
Essentials — the full separation toolkit
Support estimates, your post-separation budget, guided worksheets, court forms filled from your information, a custody calendar, and the professional directory.
Cancel anytime
Monthly plan
Complete — for a complex or contested file
Everything in Essentials, plus complex asset valuations, net family property and equalization, self-employment income, the shared-cost ledger, and a lawyer-ready parenting record.
Cancel anytime
Ontario separation guides, tools, and kits for men
The Cairn store brings together the practical resources a man needs through an Ontario separation, from the first hard weeks to the months of rebuilding that follow. The paid kits and tools are built for a specific moment — the first 14 days, when the costly, hard-to-undo decisions get made — and walk you through what protects your legal, financial, and parenting position before you have a lawyer to ask.
The ongoing plans pick up where a one-time kit ends. They carry your support estimates, your post-separation budget, your custody calendar, and the court forms filled in from your own information across the whole stretch of a separation, not just the day the paperwork is filed. And the free guides cover how property gets divided in Ontario, what to ask at a first lawyer meeting, and what the first 90 days actually hold — in plain language, written for men, with nothing gated but the downloadable PDFs.
When you're ready
See where your separation actually stands.
The guides explain how Ontario separation works in general. Cairn shows you how it works for your situation — your real support numbers and the one next step that fits, in about five minutes. Free to start.