Our Vancouver and Surrey parental child abduction lawyers at the MacLean Family Law Group are aware of the preventative actions required when you are of the belief that your child may be in danger of being abducted by your former spouse. At the end of this article we provide valuable free tips concerning preventing child kidnapping by a […]
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Surrey Child Support Guidelines Income Calculation For Self Employed BC Business Owners
Our top Surrey child support lawyers know that the federal child support guidelines calculation is largely based on the income of the paying parent. If you don’t calculate the income properly you won’t obtain the correct Surrey child support amount. But what happens when the personal living expenses of a parent are paid for, either […]
Vancouver Child Support Lawyers Imputed Guideline Income and Unemployed Stay At Home Parents
What happens when a parent decides to be a “stay-at-home-parent” for the infant child of a new marriage and, due to this “unemployment,” is unable to pay child support for the children of the former marriage? Our top rated* Vancouver child support lawyers are pleased to explain this issue and issues involving underemployed spouses to […]
Vancouver Family Parental Conduct, Child Parenting Time and Child Access and Contact Enforcement Orders
The new BC Family Law Act will introduce parental conduct orders into family law cases and a new approach to enforcing BC family court orders effective March 18, 2013. Our new BC Family Law Act will affect child-related and support issues in both new and ongoing Bc family law cases and it embraces some fresh and modern […]
Unequal Division of BC Family Property When Significantly Unfair
Commencing March 18, 2013, Section 95 of the new BC Family Law Act allows for “Unequal Division of Family Property by Court Order.” This was also possible under the old Family Relations Act, however the new law changes the threshold for dividing family property unequally from whether it would be “unfair” not to do so […]
Vancouver BC Retroactive Spousal Support and Surrey Support Arrears Lawyers
Our highly rated Vancouver retroactive spousal support award and top Surrey spousal support arrears claim lawyers warn our clients that although there is no time limit beyond which a married or divorced person cannot claim support delay will seriously impact their case. Currently, A 1 year deadline does apply to claiming spousal support after a […]
Vancouver Child Custody, Parenting and Guardianship Lawyer Alert
Of primary concern to separated parents are the arrangements to be made for care of their children. If this cannot be decided by agreement, a Judge of the Court can determine where children will live, how much time children will spend with each parent including both regular and holiday schedules, and how parents will make […]
BC MARRIAGE BREAKDOWN AND FAMILY LAWYERS JOINT TENANCY ALERT
Are you going through a marriage breakdown; or do you have an elderly parent who has placed property in joint tenancy with a spouse or child for creditor protection or estate planning purposes and; are you or a spouse or sibling concerned as to what will happen if one joint tenant dies or a spouse who is separated but not divorced dies before they settle their family case?
Common Law and Marriage Like Relationships & Unfair Wills
The BC Wills Variation Act and Vancouver estate litigation lawyers at the Vancouver, British Columbia unfair wills and disputed wills and estate litigation law firm of MacLean Law want you to be aware of a key new BC Court of Appeal case concerning a Wills Variation Act dispute between a common-law spouse and an adult child. If […]
WILLS VARIATION ACT BC ESTATE LITIGATION VALID AND RATIONAL WISHES AND RESULTING TRUST
June 29th, 2012 The BC estate litigation lawyers lawyers at MacLean Estate Litigation know estate claims are often emotionally charged and filled with recriminations. Estate claims can occur when assets have been gratuitouisly placed in the name of the deceased’s child or third party. Whether this was done for convenience, with the asset to be shared with […]
