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 […]
Child Support Guidelines Sharing Of Daycare and Preschool Costs
Our Vancouver child support guideline lawyers at MacLean Family Law Group know that child care costs can be a difficult task for a single parent when trying to balance work and family life. The financial strain on most single parent families makes staying at home almost never an option as both parents need to provide […]
Vancouver Interim Emergency Family Law Applications and Orders for Custody, Support and Property
Interim Vancouver Family Orders and Applications can include temporary BC family law decisions relating to the payment of spousal support, child support, control and access to property, control of bank accounts, and often most importantly, access and custody of children. Vancouver Supreme Court Makes Emergency Interim Family Law Order for Child Custody & Access when […]
Vancouver BC Variation Of Spousal Support Material Change of Circumstances
Variation of Vancouver spousal and child support only happens if there is a material change of circumstances since the making of the original support order. A material change is one that: if known at the time of the original order would have caused a different amount or duration of support to be ordered. The test […]
