I disagree with the current and proposed Family Relations Act child or spousal payment arrears (unpaid support) test that establishes there will be no cancellation of support arrears unless it would be “grossly unfair” not to do so. The Act arguably treats common law and married couples differently and applies a one-sided and unfair test […]
FREE SURREY, LANGLEY AND DELTA BC FAMILY LAWYER SPOUSAL SUPPORT
The new Surrey, Langley, Delta and White Rock Family Law Office of MacLean Law is now open at Suite 404, 1688 152nd Street in Surrey British Columbia. Our phone number is 604 576 5400. Lorne MacLean explains both of the new Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines formulas under these spousal support guidelines namely, the “with” and […]
Family Law Lawyers- Best Practices
All too often Surrey BC Family Lawyers, Langley BC family and divorce lawyers and Surrey family law lawyers and their Surrey BC separated or divorcing Langley BC family law clients can lose sight of the need for respect and civility in their Greater Vancouver and Langley, Delta and Surrey BC family law case. A Langley […]
Surrey Family Lawyer and BC Divorce Lawyers
Surrey and Langley BC family law clients who need an experienced and highly rated and reviewed Surrey, Langley and White Rock family law lawyer team led by Lorne MacLean, Q.C. can now meet the MacLean Family Law Group’s Surrey legal team at our new 152nd and #10 HWY Surrey BC family law and divorce law […]
BC High Conflict Child Custody Parental Alienation- Levels of Alienation
Lorne MacLean and Ari Wormeli are just finishing week 4 of a highly contested BC parental alienation and or estrangement case. These cases require a tremendous amount of work to uncover which aspect and or parent is causing the children to ally with one against visiting the other parent. Such cases are heartbreaking below we […]
BC CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES -UNDUE HARDSHIP FOR ACCESS COSTS OR SHARING ACCESS COSTS AS A TERM OF CUSTODY
Greene v. Greene 2010 BCCA 595 – December 29, 2010 The BC Court of Appeal considered an appeal of a BC child support order, in part on the basis that BC child access costs had been taken into account in determining the amount of BC child support to be paid. After the BC separation, the […]
BC Child Access Denial/Refusal
BC child access alert: As BC child custody and access lawyers we have handled a number of difficult BC child custody, BC child guardianship and BC child access and parental alienation cases where a denial of access for the children to one of their parent’s has occurred. New BC family law reforms will seek to […]
BC FAMILY ARBITRATORS AND BC PARENTING COORDINATORS IN DEMAND AS A RESULT OF BC FAMILY RELATIONS ACT CHANGES
Shelagh Kinney recently attended an BC family law arbitration course for BC parenting coordinators held in Victoria, BC. BC parenting coordination and BC family arbitration generally involves two components. The BC parenting coordinator first attempts to resolve BC child custody parenting disputes through facilitation, consultation, coaching and education. However, if it is apparent to the […]
New BC Family Relations Act Definition of BC Spouse Changes BC Common Law Spousal Support and BC Property Rights for BC Unmarried Persons
If you are a BC unmarried person in a BC common law- also called a BC marriage-like relationship- the rules of the game for British Columbia spousal support and for BC property division are about to radically change. The definition of “spouse” that controls the rights you have to spousal support have been expanded due […]
BC Family Relations Act
Lorne MacLean, Partner at MacLean Family Law and the Attorney General of BC Representatives Discuss the Upcoming Changes to the BC Family Relations Act at CBA Vancouver Family Subsection Meeting BC married and common law persons in strained BC family law relationships who own BC family assets and those considering getting married in BC who […]
