New BC Appeal Court Sets Test For Varying Child Parenting Arrangements – What should the test be for varying child parenting arrangements? A new BC Court of Appeal case has established the test under our new Family Law Act for varying child parenting arrangements. If the test for varying child parenting arrangements is too high […]
Child Custody Sexual Abuse
Child Custody Sexual Abuse And Expert Witness Misconduct Our high conflict child custody sexual abuse allegation lawyers handle both sides of these explosive family law cases. Judges hearing allegations of child custody sexual abuse need to err on the side of caution and put protections in place when there is some basis to believe the […]
BC Presumption Of Advancement
BC Presumption Of Advancement On Life Support In Family Cases? BC family property judges have increasingly come to reject the BC presumption of advancement as overriding the clear statutory regime of excluded property in BC related to property brought into a BC spousal relationsip or property gifted to or inherited soley by one spouse. Lorne […]
Parental Gift Excluded Property
Clarity of Intention Counts in Parental Gift Excluded Property Disputes Our parental gift excluded property lawyers warn that when parents want to help their married children with advances of money or other gifts they MUST make their intentions clear at the time of the advance or the transfer of property. Our BC parental gift excluded […]
Vancouver Child Mobility Lawyers
Our Vancouver child mobility lawyers deal with child relocation and child move away cases on a regular basis. The Vancouver child mobility lawyers at top rated* MacLean Law know there are differences in the test for child relocation depending on whether the Divorce Act of the BC Family Law Act is used and that can […]
Step Parent Child Support
Our Vancouver step parent child support and BC child support lawyers handle all types of natural and step parent child support cases. We have won key appeals where the respective duties of a natural parent and a step parent are considered and weighed. Our step parent support lawyers also look at cases where the relationship […]
Vancouver Parenting Time Denial
Vancouver denial of parenting time lawyers understand the heartbreak of a child being deprived of the love and guidance of two loving and caring parents after relationship breakdown. Lorne MacLean, QC was the winning counsel on Young v. Young, Canada’s leading case on the principle of a child being entitled to “maximum contact” with both […]
Vancouver Unfair Will Lawyers
The MacLean Estate Litigation team of Vancouver unfair Will lawyers assists clients across British Columbia in making claims against an estate when inadequate provision for a spouse or children of a deceased Will maker is alleged. Contact our Vancouver unfair Will lawyers toll-free at 1-877-602-9900 to meet with us at any of our 4 locations. […]
Vancouver Spousal Support Lawyers
Our Vancouver spousal support lawyers understand that the start date of support is critical both for the spouse who requires support as well as for the person who has to pay it. Many times, for a variety of reasons, our Vancouver spousal support lawyers are asked to deal with the prickly issue of retroactive spousal support. […]
Undue Hardship Support
Our undue hardship support lawyers at MacLean Law often need to review claims for undue hardship by paying spouses related to support payments for their children. This undue hardship support exception was put in the Child Support Guidelines back in 1997 when it first came into force. Winning an undue hardship support case is very […]
