Kelowna Penticton High Net Worth Family Lawyers help wealthy Okanagan clients successfully move forward after separation. Fraser MacLean and Lorne MacLean KC have set a number of recent precedents that focus on issues involving high net worth divorce in Kelowna, Penticton and the Okanagan. Our latest high net worth family case win sparked worldwide media coverage.
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When you have a case that you need to win involving:
- high net income spousal support ( we set the record at $100,000 PER MONTH!);
- high net income child support (we set the record for highest child support awards);
- pre-tax profits and income attribution cases in the millions of dollars;
- shared parenting disputes involving potential alienation;
- multimillion or billion dollar family property and exclude property cases;
- valuation of property and business disputes, stock options, distributive taxes and more;
- discretionary trust issue asset up by your spouse or third parties;
- worldwide asset discovery and division disputes, which we handle daily;
- hidden or missing asset cases needed forensic audits and lifestyle audits, Mareva Injunctions or Anton pillar raids; (we set the leading precedents for all of these);
- opposing spousal support in high income cases; ( We set a recent precedent dismissing a wife’s spousal support claim after a very long marriage against our wealthy client)
- interim advances for legal fees and experts (we set the record at $800,000)
then you need to talk to us first before your spouse does.
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Lorne MacLean, KC is the founder of MacLean Family Law’s Kelowna Penticton High Net Worth Family Lawyer team and he works with Fraser MacLean of our offices. MacLean Law is one of the largest family firms in Western Canada and brings decades of experience and strategic thinking to help you resolve your family matters. Discretely resolving high net worth divorces and separations and protecting your family reputation and children takes a deft legal hand. Finding the best Kelowna Penticton High Net Worth Family Lawyers is critical.
Lorne MacLean, QC handles select Kelowna and Penticton high-income support and Kelowna and Penticton high net worth family property division cases. MacLean recently set several Kelowna Penticton spousal support records of over $70,000 a month interim support followed up by a trial award of $100,000 per month (yes per month!). MacLean also set a record single child support award of $21,000 a month before trial and $16,000 a month for the adult child after trial. MacLean obtained $6 million of lump-sum support, well over $20 million of family property, and an eye-watering special costs award of $1.5 million. See the huge Kelowna Penticton High Net Worth Family Lawyer win here.
His track record for success has obtained media attention across Canada and internationally.
Mr. MacLean has successfully acted for Kelowna and Penticton spouses in the Supreme Court of Canada the BC Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of BC, and in the Queen’s Bench in Calgary Alberta.
In addition to founder, Lorne MacLean, QC, our Kelowna family law team is comprised of associates, Fraser MacLean who has set dozens of his own precedents including a combined spousal and child support award of over $30,000 a month in 2024.
MacLean’s successes for his clients include setting many record support awards and leading Canadian cases including:
- a Supreme Court of Canada win in Young of sole child custody, 100% reapportionment of the family home and special costs for our delighted client
- dismissal in the BC Court of Appeal from the record spousal support, child support, family property, and special costs awards totaling over $31 million
- a Supreme Court of Canada decision in Leskun setting the law on spousal support reviews in a case where support payments of the husband were set at $2250 a month on an income of over $300,000 for our client in a long marriage where the wife was unemployed;
- A BC Court of Appeal and SCC win on the division of a stockbroker’s book of business,
- a BC Court of Appeal win on guideline income of an owner of Okanagan family businesses,
- a rare win on division of discretionary trust interests and
- numerous shared 50/50 custody awards for high profile clients including a Gold Medal Olympian.
- Canada’s first fake legal case AI ChatGPT win with co-counsel Fraser MacLean that sent shockwaves around the world’s legal community;
Hiring a Kelowna Penticton High Net Worth Family Lawyer early on in your Penticton or Naramata family case is crucial to your success.
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Penticton high net worth family property cases can involve income and property division of professional practices of lawyers, professional athletes, dentists, accountants, and doctors. High net worth Penticton family law cases involving business disputes also involve complex valuation and family property division issues including corporate and distributive income taxes and trust issues.
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Lorne MacLean, QC understands that a Penticton high net worth family law case will often involve joint and other expert business valuations, stock options calculations, valuations and clawbacks of beneficial interests in trusts created by third parties or by one of the spouses themselves, estate plan share structures, self-employment guideline income calculation disputes and grey divorce issues. MacLean has lectured to lawyers and financial planners on high net worth grey divorces and his article on high property awards not barring huge support awards is a must-read for lawyers and high net worth family law clients. MacLean has chaired two high net worth and grey divorce courses for BC family lawyers and financial professionals where he detailed his strategy for maximizing results in high net worth family cases. He has also written articles for Business in Vancouver on Grey Divorce and high net worth divorce issues.
Okanagan land values are skyrocketing for good reason given its natural beauty and Penticton and Naramata provide a healthy and active lifestyle. Penticton’s attraction to wealthy early retirees means that there has been a tremendous influx of wealth into the Penticton, Naramata region over the past few years. Hiring a top-rated* Penticton high net worth family lawyer is important when dealing with high stakes legal issues.
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Lawyers with specialized expertise in dealing with Penticton high net worth family law cases are often based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Fortunately, MacLean Family Law provides local Penticton high net worth family lawyer expertise as our founder, Lorne MacLean QC is a frequent visitor to his home in Penticton.
If your Penticton high net worth family law income exceeds $250,000 and your high net worth family law property exceeds $1,000,000 you owe it to yourself to meet with top-rated* Penticton high net worth family lawyer Lorne N. MacLean QC in Penticton. See Chapters 12-15 of the SSAG for the types of issues high net worth grey divorce spouses face on separation.
Fraser MacLean and Lorne MacLean KC represent select Kelowna, West Kelowna, Penticton, and Naramata high net worth family clients focuses on the following high net worth Penticton family law issues:
- Incomes over $150,000 in child support cases
- Incomes over $350,000 in spousal support cases
- High-income cases involving shared custody disputes
- excluded property valuation
- excluded property tracing
- excluded property place in joint names and spousal intention cases
- constructive and resulting trust cases involving parents of spouses
- Grey divorce issues such as spousal support later in life and early retirement and re-partnering and spousal support duration
- Valuation and division of professional practices, property development businesses, wineries, and waterfront properties.
- tax-efficient division of family and company property to ensure fairness
- division of family trusts created by a spouse and interests of beneficiaries of discretionary trusts
Hire our highly rated Kelowna Penticton high net worth family lawyer today by calling Lorne N. MacLean, QC, or Fraser MacLean today at 778 754 1542.
- Canadian Family Law Firm of The Year 2024, Top Choice Award (2014, and 2016 to 2024), Top rated reviews on Google, Yelp, threebestrated best divorce lawyers for Vancouver, Richmond and Surrey, and designation for Lorne MacLean KC as King’s Counsel reserved for the top 7% of BC lawyers.
