West Kelowna Spousal Assault Defence Lawyers bring 30 years of family law and high profile criminal experience to our Kelowna family law office. Andre Roothman defends spouses accused of spousal assault across BC and in the Yukon. Family violence is a critical new focus under the Family Law Act and for good reason. Having a top senior family lawyer, like Andre Roothman, who brings us significant experience in criminal law matters just makes good sense to enable us to protect clients in this emotional area.
In cases where family violence really has occurred, many times, it is out of character for the spouse. In these cases, we will focus on getting you and your family members top family counselors or psychologists to help the whole family deal with these heartbreaking personal issues to make sure they never occur again.
Senior West Kelowna Spousal Assault Defence Lawyer Andre Roothman Tel 778 754 154
When you need both a top West Kelowna Family Lawyer to help you deal with your BC family law case and an experienced West Kelowna Spousal Assault Defence Lawyer, especially if you have been wrongfully or erroneously accused, you need to contact Andre Roothman immediately.
In today’s blog, we deal with false or erroneous allegations of spousal assault and family violence. Family violence needs to be taken seriously and prevented. But what happens when there was no family violence at all?
False allegations of spousal assault as a strategic weapon in family cases need to be taken just as seriously. If you have been wrongfully accused of spousal assault or other types of family violence contact us immediately.
Learn more about how family courts deal with family violence.
West Kelowna Spousal Assault Defence Lawyer
Top 4 Types of Spousal Assault Family Cases
1. False Complaints Made With Ulterior Motives
One party attempts to get sole occupation of the family home or sole custody and primary parenting time by making allegations which support a strategy to gain the upper hand in a divorce or separation proceeding. We have even had one case where the calculating spouse actually inflicted an injury on themselves.
2. Mutual Altercations of Yelling Pushing and Shoving
In this type of case, things become heated and both spouses become upset and yell and swear and maybe even push each other or break household items or try to lock each other out of the house. Someone ends up calling the police to try to scare the other spouse and suddenly one of the spouses is arrested and the other spouse is in turn shocked and tries to explain the call wasn’t to get someone arrested.
3. A One Time Loss of Control
Even a single act of family violence is too much. Sometimes a spouse becomes so stressed out over the family breakdown that they lose control and do something unfathomable to their spouse even though they have never acted out towards their spouse in years of marriage. These incidents are unlikely to ever reoccur and admitting there is a problem and getting therapy to get to the very heart of the problem is critical.
4. Repeated Family Violence and Spousal Assault
In BC family law cases, this type of perpetrator is rare but needs immediate action taken against them by both the family and by the criminal courts. The focus of BC’s Family Law Act is to prevent family violence to spouses, children and other at-risk family members. Lorne N MacLean, QC of our office has recently obtained a lifetime protection order in a case of repeated emotional abuse.
West Kelowna Spousal Assault Defence Lawyer -Strategies For False Accusations
Unfounded or erroneously made spousal assault allegation defense work involves exploring with Crown the opportunity for the “victim” to recant, modify or correct his or her allegations. More importantly, in cases of false accusations, these spouses need to be vigorously challenged through cross-examination.
West Kelowna Spousal Assault Defence Lawyer – Seeing Your Children
Taking steps to ensure parenting time with children is not improperly barred while the criminal charges take their time to be resolved is critical.
Contact our West Kelowna Spousal Assault Defense Lawyer offices immediately if you have been arrested so we can deal holistically with the criminal and family case to ensure your rights are fully protected and your children’s best interests are promoted.
