The Problem with Valuing BC Discretionary Trusts has bedeviled lawyers for decades and there is a recent trend toward assigning zero value to an ex-spouse’s beneficial interest in third party created trusts. Family lawyers for the non-beneficiary spouse will need to resort to the age old if and when approach in dealing with cases of […]
Vancouver Family Property Business Division
Vancouver Family Property Business Division lawyers need special knowledge to properly value the income generated by the family business as well as its value. It just makes good sense to hire a high net worth family lawyer with proven experience in: calculating the income the family business generates for spousal and child support rather than […]
8 Factors To Consider For Adult Child Support
What are 8 Factors To Consider For Adult Child Support? In today’s blog, Gurdeep Khosa explains 8 Factors to determine whether an adult child’s educational pursuits are “reasonable”. The best child support lawyers know that child support does not automatically end at 19 and can continue even up to completion of a second university degree. Our […]
Shared Child Parenting vs Equal Parenting Time
What is the difference between Shared Child Parenting vs Equal Parenting Time? In today’s blog, Peter Graburn, senior Calgary family lawyer, sorts things out for you. MacLean Law has shared child parenting and equal child parenting time lawyers in several offices across Canada. Calgary 403 444 5503 -What is the difference between Shared Child Parenting vs Equal […]
High Net Worth Divorce and Separation
High Net Worth Divorce and Separation cases amplify the stakes for both spouses and their children. MacLean Law’s high net worth family lawyers handle some of the biggest family law disputes. Our experienced High Net Worth Divorce and Separation lawyers handle these cases daily and you have likely read about our wins in media or […]
Family Law Dirty Text Message Tricks
Family Law Dirty Text Message Tricks can destroy an innocent spouse’s case. But when you have a savvy Vancouver family lawyer on your side, they can help ensure these Family Law Dirty Text Message Tricks backfire on a scheming spouse. Vancouver high net worth family and divorce, articling student, Oliver Spinks, notes new Apple operating […]
Best Child Support Lawyers Tips
The Best Child Support Lawyers Tips help clients win BC child support for themselves and their children. In today’s blog, our founder Lorne MacLean, QC, who set the highest award for spousal and child support in BC of $116,000 a month plus hundreds of thousands in retroactive spousal and child, support explains a critical new […]
Secret Recordings in Family Litigation
The Use of Secret Recordings in Family Litigation: Smoking Gun? Often in separation or divorce, people wonder if it is appropriate to surreptitiously record, or film, private conversations with their partner. In today’s blog, savvy litigator Chris Park of our Vancouver office discusses Secret Recordings in Family Litigation. This may be done for a number […]
Best BC Parental Alienation Strategies
MacLean Law’s family lawyers provide the Best BC parental alienation strategies. New studies by Amy Baker and others have established a comprehensive set of factors to guide separated spouses, courts and lawyers. This new set of factors help courts decide if parental alienation is in fact occurring or whether a child’s rejection of one parent […]
Children’s Wishes Counsel and Voice of Child
Children’s Wishes Counsel and Voice of Child representation is becoming more common in child parenting time and responsibilities disputes. Hearing the “Voice of the Child” is becoming increasingly important in high-conflict family law disputes these days. In today’s blog, senior Children’s Wishes Counsel and Voice of Child lawyer Peter Graburn explains when a lawyer may […]
