Divorce is never an easy road, particularly when one spouse is difficult and does not wish to agree to any terms. It takes a skilled family lawyer to help mediate to a win-win situation. Recently, MacLean Law received a very positive outcome, and the family was able to avoid the expense and time going to family court. […]
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Vancouver Self Employed Support
How is Vancouver Self Employed Support Calculated? Our Vancouver Spousal Support lawyers are aware of the pitfalls that face both support paying and support receiving spouses when they are involved in Vancouver Self Employed Support disputes. Unlike employed spouses, spousal and child support cases involving self employed spouses require more scrutiny to determine guideline income so […]
Vancouver Spousal Support Lawyers
Vancouver Spousal Support Lawyers of MacLean Law Will Protect You Lorne N. MacLean, QC has successfully helped clients deal with hundreds of Vancouver spousal support cases over the past 33 years. He heads BC’s largest family law firm with 18 lawyers and 4 offices across BC. Our Vancouver Spousal Support Lawyers explain that spousal support […]
Vancouver Child Parenting Time
VANCOUVER CHILD PARENTING TIME GUARDIANSHIP LAWYERS Vancouver child custody, Vancouver child parenting time and BC “parenting responsibilities” and BC “parenting time” are phrases used in BC courts when Court decisions regarding children are involved. Joint guardianship no longer exists in BC, rather both parents will remain as guardians if they have a history of shared involvement […]
Dawson Creek Family Lawyers
Our Dawson Creek family lawyers and Fort St John BC family property division lawyers handle numerous Dawson Creek family property and family debt division cases each year from our Fort St John and Dawson Creek office. In cases involving the family home, often called the Matrimonial Home, our Dawson Creek Family Lawyers will often have experts […]
BC Parental Alienation Lawyers
Our highly rated* and respected BC family lawyers feel that BC Parental alienation is the cruelest form of family violence. While spouses may not stay together forever, our BC parental alienation lawyers know that “parents are forever”. We do not believe, a good parent in all other respects, is a fit and proper parent to […]
Vancouver Family Law Appeals
Vancouver Family Law Appeals Demand Respect People who bring Vancouver family law appeals obviously feel the decision they are appealing is wrong. Roughly 25 to 33% of appeals brought are successful but in most cases any lower court orders must be respected pending the hearing of a Vancouver family law appeals. The recent decision of Hokhold […]
BC Family Business Valuation
The BC Family Business Valuation Lawyers at MacLean Law routinely assist their medium to high net worth family business owners in valuing and fairly dividing their BC family business, partnership or professional practice. It takes specialized knowledge from our seasoned and stellar family lawyers to ensure your business is properly divided and in a way […]
BC Family Property Division
What are the rules in a BC family separation for BC family property division other than 50/50? What is reapportionment or unequal BC family property division? In BC, our Family Law Act mandates that all family property is to be divided equally regardless of effort or contribution unless it would be significantly unfair to share […]
Elder Law Undue Influence
The BC Court of Appeal decision in Lorintt v. Boda upheld a lower court decision that held the presumption of resulting trust had been rebutted, and that the relationship between the donor father, and the donee son, did not give rise to the potential of undue influence. In resulting trust cases the principle that there […]
