South Surrey high net worth and business property division lawyer Lorne MacLean, Q.C. leads Vancouver’s top rated family law firm. 604 576 5400. Mr. MacLean practices out of our downtown and South Surrey offices. Calculation of guideline income for child support purposes is a hotly contested issue in many of the cases our South Surrey […]
South Surrey High Income and Imputed Income Support Lawyer
Lorne MacLean, Q.C. is the highly rated founder of MacLean Family Law which was just pronounced Vancouver’s top family law firm by Top Choice Awards. Mr. MacLean handles the high asset family property and high income cases that involve businesspersons, stockbrokers, doctors, dentists and other professionals and their spouses in downtown Vancouver and South Surrey […]
Vancouver Family Law Settlements And Agreements
Vancouver Family Law Settlements And Agreements High income and high net worth Vancouver family law lawyer, Lorne MacLean, Q.C. focuses on negotiating, mediating, arbitrating and if necessary litigating complex family law cases. Lorne MacLean, Q.C. heads Vancouver’s top rated family law firm as selected by Top Choice Awards. Most settlements take some time to negotiate […]
Vancouver Spousal Support issues in short marriages with young children
Traditionally, marriages with children, and where one parent has been a homemaker, spousal support is substantial and long lasting. In British Columbia, it is much more common to see marriages with children dissolve in shorter periods of time. It is these custodial or stay-at-home parents who face the most serious disadvantages for long-term financial independence […]
Vancouver BC Child Support Intentional Underemployment Lawyer
Desire to Work Part Time to Care for Children not Sufficient to Avoid Finding of Intentional Underemployment Vancouver BC Child Support Intentional Underemployment Lawyers know that one of the most contentious child support issues occurs when people fight over what each person’s real income is or should be. Canadians expect people to work hard to […]
VANCOUVER SPOUSAL AND CHILD SUPPORT AFTER DEATH
Call us at 604 602 9000 to ensure you are protected in this complex area as support may or may not end on death depending on the agreement or court order made. The British Columbia Court of Appeal (the “Court”) recently released its judgment in McLeod v. McLeod, 2013 BCCA 552 (“McLeod”), clearly stating that […]
Vancouver Child Support Lawyers Section 7 Expenses
How much am I owed in Child Support? As highly rated Vancouver child support and child maintenance lawyers, we often tell our BC family law clients seeking child support, that the basic amount of support is a floor not a ceiling and that additional expenses for special and extraordinary items can be added on by […]
BC Step Child Support Stepparent Adding Biological Father Is Proper BC Appeal Court Holds
When does a BC StepParent Have to Pay Child Support? An important stepparent child support decision appeal involving competing obligations between a biological father and a step parent was recently won by Lorne MacLean Q.C., and James Cudmore. Stepparents are routinely liable for support under either of the Divorce Act (if married) or the Family Relations Act of […]
Vancouver Child Support Section 7 Special and Extraordinary Expenses Duty To Consult
BC Child Support Guidelines Section 7 Special and Extraordinary Expenses Require A Duty To Consult First Vancouver child support Section 7 Special and Extraordinary Expense disputes often require the involvement of the courts to determine whether the expense is necessary and reasonable. Parents need to be aware of the need to discuss the expense with the other […]
Vancouver Post Secondary Education Child Support Guidelines Calculations
Vancouver child support calculations are a relatively straight forward task for a child not over the age of majority, which is 19 years old in BC child support guidelines cases. When the child is over 19 and in post secondary education either living at home or living away from home, the task is complex and […]