Splitting a home for a divorce
If I get married and my wife moves into my house with me (let's say the house is in my name and I bought the house before I even met her), and we get divorced 10 years later, does she get half the house? Assume that I made all the mortgage payments myself and she contributed nothing toward the equity of the house, though she may have paid other bills like electricity or cable.
I have found conflicting info on this, some info that says that the house is called the matrimonial home which means it gets split 50/50 and other info that says anything owned by one partner before entering the marriage is considered excluded property and stays with that partner after a divorce. Obviously both cannot be true. Can anyone provide more details? I am in Ontario if it makes a difference.