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Vancouver Spouse Unfair Wills Variation

Vancouver Spouse Unfair Wills Variation lawyers help spouses and children who have suffered the loss of a loved one to ensure they don’t lose their fair share of the estate too. Our top-rated* Vancouver Disinheritance Unfair Wills Variation lawyers get involved to protect family members when a Will does not make adequate, just and equitable […]

BC Testamentary Capacity Suspicious Circumstances lawyers handle cases where a Willmaker is influenced or incapable of properly making a valid Will. When someone is left out of a Will or disinherited they are hurt and they may suspect the reason for this isn’t legitimate. Sometimes they are right and other times they are wrong. In […]

Vancouver Mandarin Cantonese Chinese Family Lawyers understand the special traditions in Chinese culture. In today’s blog our Mandarin, and Cantonese speaking Vancouver lawyer explains how the tradition of “red envelope monies” is dealt with in BC family law cases. MacLean Law has the largest Western Canadian Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese fluent family law teams and a […]

Vancouver Cantonese Speaking Family Lawyers at MacLean Law form the largest Western Canadian Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese fluent family law department. MacLean Family Law was honoured yet again to receive Top Choice Awards top Vancouver family law firm designation. This means MacLean Law has won the award 5 out of the last 6 years and […]

Mandarin Imputed Income Child support cases involve calculating an income that a payor and a homemaker could reasonably earn if they choose not to work. In today’s blog, Vancouver Mandarin-speaking lawyer Susanna Chen discusses the issue of child support and imputing income on spouses who choose not to work and remain at home. Susanna Chen […]

Our Vancouver Mandarin Chinese family property lawyers and Cantonese speaking family asset lawyers regularly handle inter-jurisdictional support and international family property and debt division cases. Our experienced team of Vancouver Mandarin Chinese family property lawyers know how to deal with complex cases involving large overseas family property holdings.

Who Gets The BC Family Pet On Separation?

Biggest England Canada Family Law Differences are explained by former English and now Vancouver family law student and soon to be BC family lawyer Sophie Bartholomew. Biggest England Canada Family Law Differences 1 877 602 9900 Given the ever-increasing mobility of people across the world, more people are making inquiries about where to start a […]

Persian Iranian International Divorce Mahr cases involve the interpretation, enforcement or variation of Iranian or Persian Islamic marriage contracts. In today’s blog Iranian and Farsi fluent family lawyer Rana Yavari explains how these Persian Iranian international divorce Mahr marriage contracts from Iran are interpreted in BC courts. “Mahr” has traditionally been known as an Islamic […]

Vancouver Richmond Mandarin Speaking Family Separation Lawyers at MacLean Law are led by Lorne N. MacLean, QC one of Canada’s most senior and highly rated* family lawyers. Our Vancouver Richmond Mandarin Speaking Family Separation Lawyers form the largest Mandarin Chinese speaking high net worth family law team in Western Canada with offices in Vancouver, Richmond, […]

Avoid BC Excluded Property Mistakes so that your excluded property is not inadvertently converted to equally shareable family property. They say “nice guys finish last” and this can be true unless you learn how to avoid BC excluded property mistakes. Our new BC Family Law Act and the common-law “presumption of advancement” can cause problems […]