Vancouver Family Debt Division Lawyers help separating spouse’s in BC fairly divide and allocate responsibility for Vancouver BC family debt. Many debts are family debts but not all debt is family debt. In rare cases, even family debt can be allocating unequally between the two separated spouses. Sometimes, one spouse may call a loan to […]
Vancouver Separation Diamond Engagement Rings
Vancouver Separation Diamond Engagement Rings lawyers deal with the emotions over a breakup before things even get started and even when a relationship ends. In today’s blog we explain the emotional issue over diamond rings when relationships go sideways. IS IT TRUE THAT DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND? CARTIER, TIFFANYS, BLACKSTAR, FROST, AND GHORHAM! […]
Vancouver Losing Excluded Property Division
Vancouver Losing Excluded Property Division lawyers warn that the law in BC on the issue of what is excluded property and how you can lose your exclusion is confusing, to say the least. In early days after the Family Law Act was enacted cases went both ways on what happened when you put excluded money […]
BC Family Property Valuation Date Lawyers
How do we divide BC Family property after separation? BC Family Property Valuation Date Lawyers deal with division and valuation of BC family property, exempt property and the gain on exempt property. BC Family Property Valuation Date Lawyers explain that the date of separation is the event that entitles a spouse to their share in family […]
BC Family Property Valuations
BC Family Property Valuations lawyers help separated spouses value their family property. When dealing with medium and high-income family law cases one important determination that needs to be made, is the valuation of any businesses, personal property and real property held by the parties including: real estate, family businesses, professional practices, stock broker’s books of […]
Top 5 Reasons For Divorce
Top 5 Reasons For Divorce. At MacLean Law we know a substantial percentage of marriages end up in divorce. So what are the: Top 5 Reasons For Divorce? In today’s blog, Peter Graburn senior Calgary family lawyer takes you through the most common reasons for married couples separating. To understand our approach in resolving matters so […]
Avoid These Marriage Agreement Mistakes
Avoid These Marriage Agreement Mistakes – Learn from our senior high net worth Calgary and Vancouver family lawyers about how to avoid 6 common and potentially catastrophic mistakes when negotiating a Vancouver marriage agreement or a Calgary marriage agreement. If you are fortunate enough to have acquired wealth through taking risks and hard work you […]
Vancouver Family Property Agreements Lawyers
Vancouver Family Property Agreements Lawyers regularly deal with written family property agreements and less commonly are involved in cases involving disputed oral family agreements. Tal Wolf warns The phrase “oral family property agreements are not worth the paper they are written on” demonstrates the difficulties in trying to uphold oral family property agreements. Vancouver Family […]
Retirement Spousal Support Termination
Retirement Spousal Support Termination lawyers answer the key question: Can my spousal support obligations be terminated if I am retiring? In Canada, Indefinite spousal support may be ordered in cases of long marriages of more than 20 years or where the Rule of 65 applies, which allows for indefinite spousal support if the recipient’s age […]
Vancouver Calgary Child Custody Variation
Vancouver Calgary Child Custody Variation lawyers handle cases when parents want to change an original order on child custody and parenting time arrangements. The recent decision of S.M.M. v. J.P.H.points out the test that must be met before the original child custody or original child parenting time or responsibilities Order is varied. The test for […]
