We as Vancouver, Surrey, Kelowna and Fort St John child support, divorce and family lawyers have handled a number of spousal and child support retroactive cases including an interim retroactive support award case called J v J . Our client was ecstatic when we obtained one of the highest interim awards of spousal and child […]
LUMP SUM BC SPOUSAL SUPPORT AND LUMP SUM CHILD MAINTENANCE LAWYERS
As British Columbia spousal and child support lawyers we are often asked when a BC lump sum spousal and child support award will be made. It is important to note that child support payments whether lump sum or periodic are not tax deductible. Spousal support payments are tax-deductible if paid on a periodic basis and […]
Section 7 Child Support Guidelines Special Expenses and Their Impact On BC Spousal Support Amounts
We often have new BC spousal support clients come to us after they have unwisely agreed to a spousal support payment that does not accord with a proper calculation under the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines. The proper calculation of the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines really does require a lawyer who focuses on BC family law […]
Section 7 Child Support Guidelines Special Expenses and Their Impact On BC Spousal Support Amounts
We often have new BC spousal support clients come to us after they have unwisely agreed to a spousal support payment that does not accord with a proper calculation under the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines. The proper calculation of the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines really does require a lawyer who focuses on BC family law […]
BC Stepparent Child Support
WILL YOU HAVE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT FOR YOUR BC SEPARATED SPOUSE’S CHILDREN FROM A PRIOR RELATIONSHIP? WHAT IS BC “TOP UP SUPPORT”? A “parent” has the obligation to support their children, and after separation if the children live with one parent (the recipient) then the other parent must pay child support (the payor) based […]
BC CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES -UNDUE HARDSHIP FOR ACCESS COSTS OR SHARING ACCESS COSTS AS A TERM OF CUSTODY
Greene v. Greene 2010 BCCA 595 – December 29, 2010 The BC Court of Appeal considered an appeal of a BC child support order, in part on the basis that BC child access costs had been taken into account in determining the amount of BC child support to be paid. After the BC separation, the […]
CHANGES PROPOSED FOR BC SEPARATION, BC PRENUPTIAL, BC COHABITATION AND BC MARRIAGE AGREEMENTS
BC Family law changes and clarification of the law related to BC Separation, BC, Cohabitation and BC prenuptial and Marriage Agreements are proposed in Family Relations Act Reform White Paper 2010 legislation which will include a separate section for Bc family agreements acknowledging the important role marriage and separation agreements play in resolving family law […]
Key Canadian Tax Decision Allows Deduction of Divorce and Family Law Legal Fees Related to BC Child Support
A new Tax Court ruling affecting BC child support legal fee deduction could help you save thousands provided your BC family law counsel is aware of this important development. Come see The BC child support lawyers at MacLean Family Law Group to learn more about how this important ruling affects you. In short a new […]
BC Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines-SSAG- BC Support Success Story for MacLean Family Law Group-Pre Tax Profits Used For High Support
Lorne MacLean BC SSAG support and spousal support guidelines lawyer, using the with child support spousal support advisory guideline formula, recently succeeded in obtaining a lucrative BC Spousal Support Advisory guideline ” SSAG” and BC child support guidelines award on behalf of his client, the wife, in a complex and high net worth BC guidelines […]
BC Law on Varying or Setting Aside Unfair BC Separation Agreements or BC Marriage Agreements 2010 Update
We are often asked to review BC separation agreement or BC marriage agreements with a view to setting the BC separation or BC Marriage agreement aside and Shelagh Kinney of our BC Family Law office had a nice win recently in a case on behalf of the wife in L v. L, a BC Supreme […]
