As top rated BC Paternity test and Vancouver parentage testing lawyers, we are often asked to help a party to a child custody and support proceeding prove their partner or they are a father to the child. Sometimes a parent resists their obligation to pay support because they have doubts that are a parent. IN […]
Vancouver Child Move Away, Child Mobility And Child Relocation Lawyers New BC Family Law Act Rules
BC child “move away” cases, also called Vancouver “child mobility cases” and also known as Kelowna BC child relocation cases, often lead to a no win situation for the child in these change in child custody guardianship situations says highly rated family lawyer Lorne MacLean, Q.C.. This is first of our two part series update […]
Interim BC Custody and Access Applications
The interim custody and access vancouver child guardianship clauses of the new BC Family Law Act states that in the first instance and subject to Court Order: Parents are generally guardians 39 (1) While a child’s parents are living together and after the child’s parents separate, each parent of the child is the child’s guardian. […]
BC Inheritance, Gifts and High Net Worth Excluded Family Property Division Lawyers
西温,列治文,温哥华,讲普通话和广东话家庭财产和继承律师 THE CURRENT DIVISION OF BC FAMILY PROPERTY DIVISION INHERITANCE AND GIFT LAW WILL ONLY LAST FOR THE NEXT 12-18 MONTHS As medium to high net worth family lawyers who can be reached toll free across the province at 604 602 9000 and who speak, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Punjabi and Farsi in addition to English, we […]
WORST BC DIVORCE AND VANCOUVER FAMILY LAW MISTAKES
Our hard working Associate James Cudmore says that good BC family lawyers like the divorce lawyers at our Vancouver family law firm all want to make sure that you receive legal advice before entering into any sort of BC marriage contract before during your relationship or on its breakdown. Don’t be foolish meet with a lawyer […]
NEW BC FAMILY LAW RULES TO HELP MAKE SURREY FAMILY CASES CHEAPER AND FASTER SAYS VANCOUVER FAMILY LAWYER
Proportionality is an important concept in life. The MacLean Family Law Group, Vancouver and Surrey family law lawyers, want you to know that the B.C. Supreme Court thinks so too, and that this thinking affects child custody, child support, spousal support, and property divison under the Family Relations Act and the Divorce Act. The new […]
VANCOUVER SAME SEX DIVORCE, GAY MARRIAGE AGREEMENTS
As same sex spousal support, gay married relationships family property and same sex partners, excluded property lawyers we recently were contacted by a same-sex couple living in the United States who wanted us to write up a pre-nuptial property and support agreement for them, in advance of their Canadian wedding. Their request got us thinking. […]
Vancouver Family Law and Significantly Unfair Marriage and Separation Agreements
Our newest Vancouver family law associate joins us after an early career as a BC Supreme Court clerk and after practicing with a large national law firm. She was attracted to us by our client focused “people not paper” approach. Today she explains that while the governments and courts encourage parties to settle your disputes […]
Vancouver family lawyer explains unfair marriage and separation agreements
BC’s NEW FAMILY LAW ACT SAYS HOMEMADE AND ORAL FAMILY AGREEMENTS MAY BE ENFORCED. WE WARN ALL OUR READERS THAT HOMEMADE DEALS OR ORAL AGREEMENTS MADE WITHOUT INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE CAN BE ENFORCED. DON’T MAKE A HUGE MISTAKE OR TRY TO BE A HERO. MEET WITH US FIRST. Our newest Vancouver family law associate joins […]
BC CHILD SUPPORT and VANCOUVER ATTRIBUTED SPOUSAL SUPPORT INCOME LAWYERS
The recent BC Court of Appeal of RWL v. LB restates the settled law of imputing a realistic income to a paying spouse and the law is equally applicable to an underemployed recipient spouse.. We cannot allow children or spouses to be under supported because spouses deliberately or foolishly earn less then they can. Similarly […]
