New BC Appeal Case Enforces Gatekeeper Role in Family Law Expert Evidence In a key 2016 case involving disputed family law expert evidence, the BC Court of Appeal has sent a stern message to family law lawyers and their clients that they will enforce proper rules for accepting family law expert evidence in all family […]
BC Presumption Of Advancement
BC Presumption Of Advancement On Life Support In Family Cases? BC family property judges have increasingly come to reject the BC presumption of advancement as overriding the clear statutory regime of excluded property in BC related to property brought into a BC spousal relationsip or property gifted to or inherited soley by one spouse. Lorne […]
Parental Gift Excluded Property
Clarity of Intention Counts in Parental Gift Excluded Property Disputes Our parental gift excluded property lawyers warn that when parents want to help their married children with advances of money or other gifts they MUST make their intentions clear at the time of the advance or the transfer of property. Our BC parental gift excluded […]
Family Property Date of Separation
A family property date of separation case requires the court to divide property acquired during the relationship and BEFORE separation. Property acquired post separation that is not derived from property acquired during the relationship is not shared. The date of separation is also relevant for whether spouses have lived together for the required period to […]
BC Separation Agreement Lawyers
MacLean Law’s top rated BC separation agreement lawyers know that many separating couples want to resolve their family law dispute promptly with a properly drafted and fair BC separation agreement. No one wants an expensive trial when they can have one of our skilled senior BC separation agreement lawyers negotiate or mediate a comprehensive BC […]
Surrey Family Lawyers
Our senior Surrey family lawyers are constantly updating our clients on new developments in Surrey family property division. There are two types of property under our new property division regime “family property” that is normally shared equally and “excluded property which normally has only the gain made on it during the relationship shared equally. You […]
Fort St John High Net Worth Divorce
Fort St John High Net Worth Divorce MacLean Law has again expanded their Fort St John high net worth divorce and Dawson Creek family property and substantial oil and gas patch wealth preservation team that is focused on protecting business owners who work so hard to accumulate wealth in the North Peace BC. Call Candice […]
Fort St John Family Property Lawyers
The Fort St John family property lawyers and Dawson Creek property division lawyers are often asked how Fort St John family property can be divided in cases where our clients have concerns that an equal division of family property is unfair. MacLean Law is BC’s largest family law firm and we have offices in Fort […]
Surrey Excluded Property Lawyers
MacLean Law is BC’s largest and one of the most experienced group of Surrey excluded property lawyers. Our South Surrey excluded property lawyers are guided by Lorne MacLean, QC. Our top rated Surrey excluded property lawyers note that there is now a solid trend to excluding property brought into a relationship or received by one spouse […]
Surrey Family Property Division
Surrey Family Property Division and Exclusion Property within a Marriage and Common Law Marriage Our Surrey family property division lawyers are constantly tracking the court decisions relating to family property and excluded property division in BC. On separation, Surrey family property division is often a hotly disputed issue and our skilled Surrey property division lawyers negotiate, mediate and litigate […]
