Vancouver Underemployment Support Lawyers help ensure paying spouses to work to their full capacity and that receiving spouses also do not shirk their responsibilities to try to become or remain self-sufficient. Making sure both spouses work to their capacity impacts both spousal support and child support. Calculations of proper support are only accurate if the […]
Child Support Extraordinary Expenses
Our top* Child Support Extraordinary Expenses lawyers handle hundreds of medium to high net income child support cases across Western Canada. Lorne N. MacLean, QC holds the record for one of Canada’s highest combined child and spousal support award of nearly $100,000 monthly in the case of Devathasan. In today’s blog Peter Graburn of our […]
Calgary Alberta Family Law Mediation
Disagreements between separating family partners can be difficult, often involving very contentious legal issues about children, child and spousal support, and division of family property, debts and liabilities. Some of these disputes end up being decided by Judges in Court. But what if you do not want to go through the cost (both emotional and […]
Calgary Top 5 Parenting Time Principles
CALGARY TOP 5 PARENTING TIME PRINCIPLES (Part 2) By Peter Graburn Managing Associate MacLean Family Law Calgary. In a previous post (see Top 5 Parenting Principles Part 1) I discussed that if separated parents cannot agree on the major decisions regarding their children (ie. regarding their education, religion, health-care and general well-being), the Courts may […]
Top 5 Parenting Time Principles
TOP 5 PARENTING TIME PRINCIPLES (Part 1 of 2) Call 1 877 602 9900 Peter Graburn senior associate at our Calgary office knows parenting is hard. Even when parents are living together, it is sometimes difficult to agree on even the day-to-day decisions involved in raising children, let alone the major decisions regarding their: ● education; […]
Resulting Constructive Trust Unjust Enrichment
Resulting Constructive Trust Unjust Enrichment lawyers deal with cases where someone put up money or effort with an expectation they would receive value in return. When someone takes advantage of these efforts and does not reciprocate with a share in an asset our Resulting Constructive Trust Unjust Enrichment lawyers get involved to help achieve justice. MacLean […]
How Do I Vary BC Interim Support?
Our Vancouver family lawyers get asked the question: How Do I Vary BC Interim Support? a lot. In most cases, Courts have laid down a principle that interim support orders are rough and ready justice and the matter will be fully dealt with at trial. However, a trial judge has the power to retroactively vary the […]
Do Support Orders Survive Bankruptcy
Do Support Orders Survive Bankruptcy? It is well known that child and support Orders are not extinguished when a paying spouse declares bankruptcy. Lorne MacLean, QC recently obtained an interim order barring a spouse from declaring bankruptcy in a complex hidden cash scheme involving a multimillion-dollar wholesale food supply business. But what happens if your […]
Calgary Alberta Joint Family Venture
Peter Graburn, senior Calgary Alberta Joint Family Venture lawyer at MacLean Law, gets you off to a great start in the New Year if you are a common law spouse who is deciding to separate. COMMON – LAW PROPERTY DIVISION IN ALBERTA – Unjust Enrichment and Joint Family Venture Lawyers can be reached immediately at 403 […]
Imputing Business Expenses Support Lawyers
Imputing Business Expenses Support lawyers deal with family law cases where business owners or professionals income and expenses need to be properly calculated. Failing to properly calculate income can lead to underpayment or overpayment of spousal and child support warns Lorne N MacLean, QC founder of our team of Imputing Business Expenses Support Lawyers. Myth # […]
