BC Step-parent Child Support lawyer, Lorne MacLean, Q.C., wants both married and common-law spouses to know that the new Family Law Act commencing March 18, 2013 brings some small but important changes to BC child support. The new BC Family Law Act Act will precisely define a step-parent’s accountability to pay child support while considering […]
SURREY BC RETROACTIVE CHILD AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT LAWYERS
Surrey and Vancouver family law clients involved in BC spousal and child support cases often mistakenly believe that orders and agreements will prevent claims of retroactive child and spousal support. Promptly dealing with the correction of support is important for both paying and receiving parents. We have 4 family law offices in BC and our top […]
Top Rated* Vancouver Family Lawyer Lorne MacLean, Q.C.
Lorne MacLean, Q.C. is pleased to be ranked as a top family lawyer in Vancouver* and is ranked in the top 40 lawyers in North America by the consumer satisfaction rating service lawyerratingz. See Lorne MacLean’s ratings. Call him at 604 602 9000. The law firm as a whole has an impressive 30/30 Zagat score […]
Penticton and West Kelowna Divorce and Family Law Lawyers and Mediators
The top rated Penticton family lawyers at the MacLean Family Law Group are delighted to have Audra Bayer who will be a BC lawyer shortly as she is in the process of her practice transfer from Manitoba to BC, senior Penticton and Kelowna family lawyer and mediator running our West Kelowna and Kelowna office. To make it […]
Duty Of Full Disclosure of BC Support Income and Family Property
Our highly rated BC and Calgary family lawyers cannot emphasize enough the duty of full disclosure in BC child and spousal support and family property division cases. All to often parties refuse to provide proof of their real income including receipt of unreported cash payments, personal benefits from companies, monies kept in a company so […]
BC and Calgary Shared Parenting, Child Custody and Guardianship Lawyers Rated and Reviewed
Our highly rated* Calgary shared parenting and BC shared parenting, child custody and guardianship lawyers whose new Calgary shared parenting law offices are now located in Bankers Hall, downtown Calgary and whose phone number is 403-444-5503 are very familiar with the latest case law, legislation, psychological literature and child attachment theory as it relates to shared child custody and […]
BC Family Law Appeals From An Interim Order Of A BC Supreme Court Master
APPEALING A BC MASTER’S INTERIM ORDER IN BC SUPREME COURT Our Surrey office just obtained a dismissal of an appeal of a BC Master’s family law Order that granted a surrey family law client a favourable shared equal time custody order and she feels the summary of the winning argument she used in court will help family law clients understand […]
BC Immediate Roadside Prohibition Appeal Winning Lawyer Tips
Surrey, Vancouver, Fort St. John and Kelowna Immediate Roadside Prohibition IRP and Impaired Driving Criminal Appeal Lawyer Sumit Ahuja, had a recent win for a client in respect of her appeal of a BC Immediate Roadside Prohibition. Aggressive and immediate representation on Immediate Roadside Prohibitions can make the difference between preventing or allowing huge economic loss to […]
Vancouver Child Move Away and Change Of Residence Mobility Cases
As highly rated child mobility and “move away” Vancouver child custody and guardianship and access lawyers, we frequently deal with relocation cases involving custody of children where parents want to take a better job or have a better lifestyle with greater family support. Kelowna, Vancouver, Surrey and Fort St John child custody “move away” cases, also called […]
Power of Attorney Wills Variation Act Estate Litigation
Our estate litigation lawyers handle Wills Variation Act dispute and Power of Attorney and estate litigation claims together with other Vancouver and BC estate litigation issues. In Houston v. Houston (2012 BCCA 300), the British Columbia Court of Appeal released a fascinating decision on power of attorney. The case examined several legal issues surrounding power […]
