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BC Spousal Assault Damages
Our new BC Family Law Act has a focus of protecting spouses and their children as well as other family members from family violence. In cases where family violence occurs there can be criminal penalties, protection orders and even monetary damages for spousal assault. These civil claims for money compensation are called BC spousal assault damages […]
Varying BC Child Custody Orders
Recent BC Appeal Court Decision Restates Material Change Is Required For Varying BC Child Custody Orders BC child custody cases are the most important cases we handle as BC child custody and child custody and parenting time variation lawyers. Many times BC family law clients are disappointed, if not distraught, over the court’s decisions regarding their […]
BC Family Law Significantly Unfair
BC Family Law Significantly Unfair And BC Unequal Property Division The new BC Family Law Act was designed to have simpler and clearer rules to allow people to reach a compromise in their family law disputes. Our MacLean Law lawyers can help you resolve family property matters quickly and fairly. One of the new rules […]
BC EXCLUDED PROPERTY
How Does BC Excluded Property Work? Our new BC Family Law Act uses a family property and excluded property model that involves less judicial discretion particularly when identifying and dividing family property or excluded property. Lorne MacLean, QC heads our wealth and asset protection and BC excluded property legal department. Our firm is BC’s largest […]
BC WESA Spouse in Marriage Like Relationship
What’s The Test For A Claim By A BC WESA Spouse in Marriage Like Relationship To Get A Share Of The Estate? Important issues arise for many of our clients under British Columbia’s Wills, Estates and Succession Act, commonly referred to simply as WESA. We strongly recommend discussing any estate issues you may have with our […]
Vancouver Spousal Support Self Sufficiency
Lorne MacLean, QC, the founder of our firm, has continually championed a BC spousal support and BC child support approach that encourages both spouses to work to their fullest capacity to earn income. MacLean believes Canada as a nation will be weaker if support paying spouses quit their jobs and/or support receiving spouses refuse to […]
Kelowna Child Relocation Mobility
How should a court assess where a child should live after parents separate? If parents live in the same city after separation, the move of the child to a new home won’t seriously impair one parent’s ability to see their child. But what if the move is to a city or country far away? Should […]
MacLean Law in the Community
MacLean Law Supports Vancouver Pride Week Vancouver just celebrated another successful Pride Week, including the Pride Parade that brings a fantastic celebration to the streets of Vancouver. Congratulations to the group from The Canadian Bar Association – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference (SOGIC) who organized the Legally Proud float. “SOGIC represents people from all […]
BC Over Age Of Majority Child Support
Our BC child support lawyers are frequently asked how child support is determined for a child over the age of majority when they are pursuing post-secondary education. How can we encourage a child to succeed in a competitive society and help them start to become independent? What is the child’s own obligation under these circumstances […]
