Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
_pods_template
lawyer
acf-field-group
acf-field

Drawing on the depth and breadth of our expertise, we’ll help you distill the complicated so you can break through to strategic and positive family solutions.

Family Mediation For Vancouver High Net Worth Divorce

Highly respected Vancouver family lawyer, Lorne MacLean, Q.C. leads our complex and high net worth Vancouver BC family law mediation department. Vancouver Family High Net Worth Mediation has several benefits for our Vancouver family law clients.  The Vancouver family mediation process provides discretion, flexibility and a fair process where parties can participate and feel fully heard. […]

Read More

Vancouver Shared Custody and Child Parenting Lawyer

Lorne MacLean, Q.C. was one of the first Vancouver family lawyers to champion shared child custody and shared child parenting as being in the best interests of a child. MacLean often tells Vancouver family courts “children don’t forfeit the love and guidance of two loving and concerned parents merely because of marriage breakdown.” In the […]

Read More Read More

Vancouver Child Guardianship No Presumption Of Shared Parenting

Neither BC’s Family Law Act nor our Divorce Act have a presumption of equal parenting time and a private member’s bill to amend the Divorce Act to establish a presumption in favour of shared parenting was just defeated in the House of Commons. The focus of child custody and child parenting time law is the […]

Read More

Vancouver Family Law Gifts and Inheritances Lawyer

One of the most contentious issues for Vancouver family lawyers under the Family Law Act is how gifts and inheritances are dealt with when a relationship ends. Often these gifts or inheritances are used to buy property outright, to make down payments, or to reduce or pay off mortgages on a jointly owned family home. […]

Read More

South Surrey White Rock Child Support Lawyers

South Surrey high net worth and business property division lawyer Lorne MacLean, Q.C. leads Vancouver’s top rated family law firm. 604 576 5400. Mr. MacLean practices out of our downtown and South Surrey offices. Calculation of guideline income for child support purposes is a hotly contested issue in many of the cases our South Surrey […]

Read More

South Surrey Family Law and White Rock WESA Estate Dispute

Lorne MacLean, Q.C. manages our wealth preservation family law department in Vancouver, South Surrey and White Rock. MacLean Law is proud to have been named Vancouver’s top family law firm by Top Choice Awards. Our top rated South Surrey high net worth family law and major estate litigation lawyers see real dangers for separating and […]

Read More

South Surrey High Income and Imputed Income Support Lawyer

Lorne MacLean, Q.C. is the highly rated founder of MacLean Family Law which was just pronounced Vancouver’s top family law firm by Top Choice Awards. Mr. MacLean handles the high asset family property and high income cases that involve businesspersons, stockbrokers, doctors, dentists and other professionals and their spouses in downtown Vancouver and South Surrey […]

Read More

Vancouver Family Law Settlements And Agreements

Vancouver Family Law Settlements And Agreements High income and high net worth Vancouver family law lawyer, Lorne MacLean, Q.C. focuses on negotiating, mediating, arbitrating and if necessary litigating complex family law cases. Lorne MacLean, Q.C. heads Vancouver’s top rated family law firm as selected by Top Choice Awards. Most settlements take some time to negotiate […]

Read More

Vancouver Spousal Support issues in short marriages with young children

Traditionally, marriages with children, and where one parent has been a homemaker, spousal support is substantial and long lasting. In British Columbia, it is much more common to see marriages with children dissolve in shorter periods of time. It is these custodial or stay-at-home parents who face the most serious disadvantages for long-term financial independence […]

Read More