Jointly vs. Angrove Law
Can a $429 prenup really protect you?
Jointly sells a DIY questionnaire and prenup templates. We are family lawyers with combined decades of experience who draft prenups everyday for one simple flat fee. Here’s the honest comparison including the real legal and financial risks that DIY platforms don’t show you.
Jointly (jointly.ca) is a legitimate online platform where you draft your own agreement by filling out a questionnaire, for $429. No lawyer represents you, no one advises you on your situation, no one facilitates proper financial disclosure and independent legal advice is left for you to arrange.
They claim “legally compliant” but these missing elements suggest that your Jointly agreement would most likely be tossed in a dispute. Which brings up the most important question; why are you getting a prenup in the first place?
Side by side
Jointly vs. Angrove Law, feature by feature
Jointly (DIY templates)
Angrove Law
Price
— ~$1, 700 – $429 prenup · $379 cohabitation agreement + independent legal advice for both you and your partner.
$2,195 flat fee. Free consult, no retainer, no hourly billing.
Who drafts your agreement
— You do, through an online questionnaire with guided prompts.
An Ontario family lawyer drafts it for you and revises it with you.
Legal advice about your situation
— None. A platform can’t provide legal advice. It doesn’t know what you don’t know to ask.
Your lawyer represents you exclusively from first meeting to signing.
Financial disclosure
— Self-serve. You decide what to disclose and how. Incomplete disclosure is the #1 reason Ontario agreements get set aside.
Lawyer facilitated and approved disclosure.
The matrimonial home
— Template clauses; no advice on Ontario’s special home rules.
Drafted specifically to protect real estate owned before marriage or cohabitation.
Custom clauses — business, inheritance, support
— Limited to the options the questionnaire offers.
Fully custom drafting around your exact assets and intentions.
Independent legal advice (ILA)
— Recommended, but left entirely to you to arrange and pay for (Extra costs for both you and your partner).
Built into the process; we connect your partner with trusted Ontario ILA lawyers.
If it’s ever challenged in court
— You’re on your own. No one stands behind the document.
Drafted by a lawyer to withstand s. 56(4) Family Law Act scrutiny, with a documented process.
Convenience
— 100% online.
100% virtual too. Video meetings, e-signing support, agreements by mail.
Jointly pricing and features as published on getjointly.ca, August 2026. Ontario prenup $429; cohabitation agreement $379.
The math nobody shows you
Own a home before you marry? If your agreement fails, half its value can be on the table.
Ontario treats the matrimonial home unlike any other asset. Even if you owned it before the wedding, you get no credit for its value on the date of marriage. Its full value goes into the pot when property is equalized. A properly drafted marriage contract is the main way to protect it. If a DIY agreement is set aside under section 56(4) of the Family Law Act, Ontario’s default rules apply as if it never existed.
Your home, owned before marriage
$900,000
At stake if your DIY agreement is set aside
$450,000
Lawyer-drafted agreement, flat fee
$2,195
That’s protection for roughly 205× what the agreement costs, before counting savings, investments, a business, or spousal support exposure. Illustration only; every situation is different, and that’s exactly why you talk to a lawyer first.
Enforceability
The four ways Ontario courts set aside domestic agreements
Under section 56(4) of the Family Law Act, a signed agreement isn’t automatically a safe agreement. These are the failure points and every one of them is about the process, not the agreement. A questionnaire can’t manage your process. A lawyer’s whole job is to.
Incomplete financial disclosure
If either of you failed to disclose significant assets, debts, or liabilities when the agreement was made, a court can set the whole thing aside. DIY platforms leave disclosure entirely up to you.
How we handle it: We walk both of you through full, documented disclosure so there’s nothing to attack later.
No real understanding of what you signed
A court can set aside an agreement if a party didn’t understand its nature or consequences. Clicking through a questionnaire is weak evidence that you understood Ontario family law.
How we handle it: Your lawyer explains every clause in plain language, and the file shows it.
Missing independent legal advice
Courts give far less weight to agreements signed without each party getting their own legal advice. Especially when the terms favour one side.
How we handle it: ILA is a step in our process, not a footnote. We refer your partner to trusted Ontario ILA lawyers.
Unfairness, pressure, or bad timing
Agreements signed under pressure, days before a wedding, without time to reflect or with terms a court finds unconscionable are vulnerable no matter what the document says.
How we handle it: We manage timing and fairness deliberately, so the process itself protects the agreement.
How Angrove Law works
As convenient as an online service, with a lawyer on your side
Everything is virtual. No retainer, no hourly billing, no surprise invoices. One flat fee of $2,195 from first meeting to signed agreement.
Free consult
15 minutes or less. We confirm your flat fee before you commit.
Questionnaire
Tell us about your assets, plans, and what matters to you both.
First meeting
Both partners join a virtual meeting to review context and goals.
Draft & revisions
Your lawyer drafts the agreement and revises it with you.
ILA & signing
Your partner gets independent advice; you sign two originals by mail.
Couples who chose a lawyer over a template
“We almost used an online template. One free consult made it obvious how much we’d missed. The disclosure alone would have sunk us.”
Prenup client · Toronto
“Flat fee, everything over video, and our lawyer explained what each clause actually meant for the house. Worth every dollar.”
Cohabitation agreement client · Ottawa
Frequently asked questions
Is Get Jointly legit?
Yes, Jointly is a real Canadian company. It sells a self-serve online tool that helps couples draft their own prenup, cohabitation, or postnup agreement from a questionnaire. What it isn’t is a law firm: no lawyer reviews your situation, advises you, or represents you. Whether that’s enough depends on how much is at stake if the agreement fails.
Are online prenups from Jointly enforceable in Ontario?
They can be, but it’s far from a guarantee. A written, signed, witnessed agreement is a valid domestic contract in Ontario. But validity isn’t the real question; durability is. Under s. 56(4) of the Family Law Act, courts set aside agreements for incomplete financial disclosure, lack of understanding, or unfairness in how they were made. Those are process failures, and a template can’t manage your process.
How much does Jointly cost compared to Angrove Law?
Jointly charges $429 for an Ontario prenup and $379 for a cohabitation agreement… for software, not a lawyer. Angrove Law charges a flat fee of $2,195 for a lawyer to draft your agreement and ensure the process is legally sound, including meetings, drafting, and revisions. Traditional hourly firms in the GTA typically charge $3,000 – $10,000+ for the same work.
Why does the matrimonial home matter so much?
Ontario law gives the matrimonial home unique treatment: even if you owned it before marriage, you get no deduction for its date of marriage value in equalization. Without an enforceable agreement, half of the home’s full value can be owed to your spouse on separation. It’s usually the single biggest number in the whole analysis.
What is independent legal advice, and do we really need it?
ILA means each partner gets advice from their own separate lawyer before signing. It is not legally mandatory in Ontario, but agreements signed without it are far easier to attack especially where terms favour one side. Angrove Law represents you and refers your partner to trusted Ontario ILA lawyers.
We already made an agreement on Jointly. Can you review it?
Yes. Book a free consult and we’ll take a look. Often the fix is proper disclosure, independent legal advice, and a lawyer-drafted redo of problem clauses, which can sometimes be the same or more cost than just using a lawyer in the first place. It’s better than finding out in court that your agreement doesn’t hold.
Fifteen minutes. Free. No pressure.
Tell us about your situation and we’ll tell you exactly what your agreement will cost. If a DIY platform truly fits your case, we’ll say so.
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