The Vancouver Parental Alienation Lawyers at MacLean Law know that in high conflict separations, children often take sides with one parent – usually the parent who has the children for most of the time. They view the other parent (usually the absent parent), as all bad and attribute negative qualities to them. Your children’s […]
Vancouver Spousal Support
Our Vancouver spousal support lawyers act across BC for both paying and receiving spouses. We handle BC medium to high net worth and income cases where the spousal support stakes are as high as the amounts that can be paid. In the recent Vancouver high income, spousal support case of Lightle v. Kotar, Lorne MacLean, Q.C. […]
Vancouver Family Property Division Lawyers
Lorne MacLean Q.C. and MacLean Law’s experienced lawyers applaud the changes to the Vancouver Family Property Division portion of the BC Family Law Act. There are two key definitions that our Vancouver family property division lawyers apply to Vancouver and BC family property division cases to ensure fair property division when couples are separating. The […]
Positive Parenting Arrangements During the Summer Holidays
Summer is the time of year children look forward to the most. Remember being in school and counting down the days to summer? Two months of sleeping in, no homework, playing with friends, swimming, skateboarding, bike riding, visits to the cottage; campfires; slurpees, ice cream, watermelon, strawberries, toasted marshmallows and smores. For families who are separated […]
Vancouver Family Law Wealth Preservation Lawyer
Lorne MacLean, Q.C., founder of the highly rated* MacLean Law handles hundreds of complex, later in life middle age separations and divorces. The “grey divorce” wave has hit Canada and BC and a significant portion of our Vancouver high net worth family separation practice relates to wealth preservation strategies at the end of a long term relationship […]
Family Law Mediation in BC
Our highly rated and experienced Vancouver BC family law lawyers are familiar with Vancouver family law mediation and we routinely work with the best family law mediators across BC. We’ll go over our selection process thoroughly with you to ensure we find you the best Vancouver family law mediator for your BC family law case. […]
Vancouver Child Support
Our Vancouver child support lawyers handle all types of Vancouver and BC Child Support guidelines cases and often deal with exceptional cases that require solid legal strategies to successfully resolve for parents paying or receiving child support in Vancouver. We act across BC with 4 offices in Vancouver, Surrey, Kelowna and Fort St John. […]
Vancouver WESA Unfair Wills Lawyers
As one of Vancouver and BC’s top rated* family law firms, we know that the new unfair wills and will dispute legislation in the Wills, Estates and Succession Act, known more simply as “WESA” will require parties involved in estate litigation to hire top lawyers who know what the willmaker’s obligations to their spouses and […]
What Makes a BC Court Provincial or Supreme?
Most days you’ll find me seated behind my desk at our downtown Vancouver family law office or standing in front of a judge at the Vancouver Law Courts, helping clients navigate through complex legal issues such as parenting arrangements, property division, and spousal support. Occasionally, I get to wear a different hat, when I volunteer […]
White Rock Family Appeal Lawyers
South Surrey and White Rock family lawyer, Lorne MacLean, Q.C. heads our White Rock Family Appeal Lawyers appellate advocacy department. MacLean has an enviable record of success in the BC Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada and over 30 years of experience on complex high net worth family law and family law […]