The employee is not required to sign a Release or reach any other sort of agreement with the employer in exchange for the payment. (employmentlaw101.ca)
But there are also limits to what sorts of agreements judges will approve, even if the parties have good emotional or financial reasons for wanting to do what they want to do. (tennesseecollaborativedivorceblog.com)
But it's a freedom that is grasped not in the daily decisions but in those fundamental decisions in which you take stock of your life and ask yourself: How am I going to arrange my physical environment and what sort of agreements and commitments do I make with my partner, my spouse, on how we're going to conduct our lives. (religion-online.org)