Fort St John High Net Worth Divorce
MacLean Law has again expanded their Fort St John high net worth divorce and Dawson Creek family property and substantial oil and gas patch wealth preservation team that is focused on protecting business owners who work so hard to accumulate wealth in the North Peace BC. Call Candice our all star intake manager at 250-262-5052.
When the hard working entrepreneurs of the North Peace, Fort St John and Dawson Creek need someone to handle their Fort St John high net worth divorce and Fort St John complex family law and Dawson Creek excluded property case they turn to Lorne MacLean, QC and his team of top rated high net worth family lawyers who operate out of MacLean Law’s Fort St John family law office as well as their offices on the waterfront in Vancouver, Kelowna and South Surrey. Lorne MacLean, QC personally handles the most difficult Fort St John high net worth divorce and Dawson Creek high conflict child custody cases.
Lorne MacLean, QC is one of Canada’s most highly rated family and divorce law lawyers and he routinely handles Fort St John high net worth divorce cases. His firm, MacLean Law, is British Columbia’s largest family law firm. For over a decade he has had a resident office in Fort St John, BC and helped Dawson Creek and Fort St John high net worth business owners defend against support and property division claims and assisted his clients in obtaining shared child custody at a time when such shared parenting was unheard of.
His tenacious Fort St John high net worth divorce team handles dozens of Fort St John high net worth divorce cases each year. MacLean is proud to have built and owned a state of the art law office in Fort St John, BC and has a proven commitment to the people of Fort St John and Dawson Creek who create the money that drives this great province.
Since founding the firm in 1983, MacLean Law has established a reputation for handling the most complex and contentious marriage breakdowns with the utmost discretion. We understand the sensitive nature of difficult Fort St John high net worth divorce and family law matters caused by separation in British Columbia. Your privacy, public profile, lifestyle and professional standing will be protected. Our goal through the Fort St John high net worth divorce and separation process is to minimize disruption and to allow parties to move forward to successful post separation lives ensuring fair and equitable distribution of family property and excluded property allocations.
Fort St John High Net Divorce Clients Worked Hard For Their Money
Lorne MacLean, QC invested in the North Peace when he bought and built his state of the art BC family law office in downtown Fort St John, BC but people are the key to serving our Fort St John high net worth divorce clients. We staff the office full time and Candice of our office there is loved by our clients for her brains, cheerful demeanour and her compassion. Our highly rated high net worth North Peace family law team will focus on your needs and explain how high net asset and high net income cases work. We will also advance strong arguments concerning how much risk you face and how the current declining LNG economy in the North Peace and Fort St John Dawson Creek region can mean support and property valuations have declined dramatically. We help our Fort St John high net worth family law clients and our Dawson Creek gas patch contractors achieve fair results and correct support payments downward to reflect the downturn in the North Peace area.
When Fort St John and Dawson Creek spouses have complex personal and commercial financial portfolios including North Peace property, oil and gas patch business interests, stock options, retirement accounts, pensions, executive bonus packages, books of business, and active and passive asset depreciation issues, it’s vital to ensure an accurate valuation of Dawson Creek and Fort St John excluded property, family property and family debts both at the start and end of the relationship.
In addition to preparing marriage agreements, divorce/separation and property division, for our Fort St John and Dawson Creek business owners, contractors and entrepreneurs our services include finding the right jointly-appointed financial experts for your Dawson creek business and Fort St John family business which may include real estate appraisers, business valuators, art appraisers and forensic accountants.
High Net Worth Fort St John and Dawson Creek Gas Patch High Net Worth Key Considerations Can Include:
- Thorough opening and closing inventory and valuation of Fort St John and Dawson Creek family assets and family property;
- Fort St John and Dawson Creek excluded property calculations and tracing of North Peace excluded property and family assets;
- Fort St John and Dawson Creek volatile economy and LNG setback issues that result in income decline and the need to reduce support promptly to avoid court denying relief months or years later
- Dawson Creek and Fort St John estate freezes, family trusts, corporate rollovers, butterfly transactions, impact on valuation of different share classes;
- Income taxes, capital gains taxes, RRSP’s and corporate tax implications related to valuation and division;
- Valuation of business entities, professional practices, partnerships, or other interests;
- Fort St John and Dawson Creek business owner and contractor retirement as it affects the payment of spousal and child support
- North Peace valuation of pensions and retirement or executive compensation packages;
- Fort St John and Dawson Creek analysis of trust funds and beneficial interests and valuations;
- Fort St John division of family debts;
- The impact of Fort St John and Dawson Creek remarriage on spousal support;
- The need for consideration of inheritance planning for children on remarriage;
- Dawson Creek and Fort St John exceptions to child and spousal support for high income earners;
- Fort St John and Dawson Creek self-sufficiency objectives for partners leaving long marriages or relationships;
- How Dawson Creek and Fort St John excluded property including pre-relationship property, gift and inheritances are affected by joint registration or ownership of same;
- Fort St John and Dawson creek premarital and cohabitation agreement drafting and negotiation.
- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration of Fort St John and Dawson Creek separation agreements
Contact Lorne MacLean, QC if you have an “I’m all in” Fort St John high net worth divorce family law case. Candice awaits your call at 250-262-5052.
