Our family law mediators, arbitrators and parenting coordinators always advise our clients that they should not try to negotiate their own family law settlement in the absence of proper legal advice given BEFORE NOT AFTER they make a deal. Our BC family law mediation, arbitration and parenting coordination department is one of BC’s largest, […]
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Vancouver BC Child Support Intentional Underemployment Lawyer
Desire to Work Part Time to Care for Children not Sufficient to Avoid Finding of Intentional Underemployment Vancouver BC Child Support Intentional Underemployment Lawyers know that one of the most contentious child support issues occurs when people fight over what each person’s real income is or should be. Canadians expect people to work hard to […]
Vancouver Child Guardianship Lawyers
Our highly rated Vancouver BC Child Guardianship Lawyers explain to our BC family law clients that the concept of joint guardianship is no longer alive in BC under the new Family Law Act. A recent BC Court of Appeal case dealt with the impact of BC child guardianship and parenting responsibilities under the new act […]
Vancouver Removal Of Executor and Trustee Will Lawyer
Vancouver Removal Of Executor and Trustee Lawyer The BC MacLean Estate Litigation team are experienced Vancouver Removal Of Executor and Trustee Lawyers. Simply calls us in Vancouver at 604-602-9000 to get immediate assistance from us. Factors to be looked at when removing a BC Will Executor or Trustee include, capacity of and compliance by the […]
BC Committee Disputes Patients Property Act Lawyers
BC Committee Disputes Patients Property Act Lawyers Our Vancouver, BC Committee Disputes Patients Property Act Lawyers handle disputed BC committee disputes applications across BC from our 4 estate litigation offices located in Vancouver, Surrey, Kelowna and Fort St John. Contested BC committee disputes occur when a patient is found medically unfit to manage their personal […]
BC Contested Will Dispute Mediation
Contested family disputes regarding wills and estates and family law disputes are very similar. BC Contested Will Dispute Mediation cases and family cases that are mediated often involve significant sums of money. Both are deeply personal. Both are disruptive to the lives of the families involved. Both can be extremely expensive to resolve in the court system and […]
Vancouver Wills Undue Influence Lawyers
As the Vancouver population ages, predatory marriages and abusive caregiver relationships are sadly becoming more routine in Vancouver and across BC. This despicable behaviour can lead to the loss of monies and assets and the creation of unfair Wills that are made by a Will maker who is coerced, scammed or confused. One of the grounds for challenging a Vancouver Will is […]
Vancouver Wills Variation Lawyers
WESA (Wills Estates and Succession Act), the new legislation now in effect in BC, has carried over the ability for the Courts of British Columbia to make Wills Variation orders for our clients in Vancouver, Surrey, Kelowna and Fort St John, or anywhere else in the province. Section 60 of WESA carries forward the old […]
Vancouver BC Contested and Disputed Wills Lawyers
Our Vancouver disputed Wills and contested estate litigation lawyers deal with cases where Wills are varied as unfair or otherwise found inappropriate due to lack of capacity or undue influence amongst other things. Our new WESA legislation came into effect on March 31, 2014. Big changes have been made where a Will maker has no […]
BC Marriage No Longer Revokes Your Will
The experienced BC contested and disputed wills and estate litigation lawyers at MacLean Estate Litigation handle Wills disputes across BC. Our estate and Will dispute offices are located in Vancouver, Surrey, Fort St John and Kelowna. Anne Hutchinson of our Fort St John office warns that New WESA legislation has changed the way a marriage […]