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 […]
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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 […]
BC FAMILY RELATIONS ACT FAMILY PROPERTY DIVISION REFORMS DEMAND IMMEDIATE ATTENTION BY MARRIED AND UNMARRIED PERSONS
Lorne MacLean, Partner at MacLean Family law Group 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 […]
New BC Child Custody Moving Away Rules Coming-BC Child Relocation and BC Child Mobility
What is the test for moving away in a child custody case in BC? As BC Family Law and child custody and access lawyers in Vancouver and Fort St. John, BC one of the most heart wrenching family and BC child custody cases we see occurs when one parent wants to, or is required to, […]
CHANGES FOR BC SEPARATION, BC PRENUPTIAL, BC COHABITATION AND BC MARRIAGE AGREEMENTS
BC Family law changes and clarification of the law related to BC Separation, BC, Cohabitation and BC prenuptial and Marriage Agreements are proposed in Family Relations Act Reform White Paper 2010 legislation which will include a separate section for Bc family agreements acknowledging the important role marriage and separation agreements play in resolving family law […]
CHANGES PROPOSED FOR BC SEPARATION, BC PRENUPTIAL, BC COHABITATION AND BC MARRIAGE AGREEMENTS
BC Family law changes and clarification of the law related to BC Separation, BC, Cohabitation and BC prenuptial and Marriage Agreements are proposed in Family Relations Act Reform White Paper 2010 legislation which will include a separate section for Bc family agreements acknowledging the important role marriage and separation agreements play in resolving family law […]
New BC Family Relations Act Reform 2010
New BC Family Law changes- BC Family Relations Act Reform 2010 and the BC Family Law Act White Paper provides dramatic BC Family Law reforms to BC spousal support, BC family property division, BC common law property division, BC child custody-Lorne N. MacLean will be interviewed on the BC Family Relations Act Reform Law , […]
BC Child Custody – Parental Alienation
BC child custody lawyers need to be aware of the the continuum of parental alienation and parental alienation syndrome that can include, alienation, estrangement and enmeshment. As Vancouver BC child custody lawyers we are aware of the following indicators of PAS: “In another study ( defining the strategies of alienating parents ), Baker and Darnell […]
BC Family Asset & BC Property Division – New Rules
BC Family Law and Interim Distribution of BC Family Assets and Advances to Pay BC Legal Fees: Who Pays the Piper in Divorce? We are all familiar with the notion that he who pays the piper calls the tune, but what happens when you don’t have the money to pay the piper? In contested divorce […]
