First BC Family Debt Division Case Decided By BC Supreme Court Our new BC Family Law Act sets out a new test for how family debts are to be valued and divided. The first Supreme Court decision on BC family family debt has just been pronounced being K.M.J. v. J.H.D.N. It answers important questions on what happens […]
BC Unequal Family Property Division
BC Unequal Family Property Division Lawyers 604-602-9000 MacLean Law stands at the forefront of legal advice and strategies to successfully resolve BC family and excluded property valuation and division. We have 4 offices across BC. We provide sound strategies to help our clients resolve their family matter and enable them to move forward in their […]
Vancouver and Surrey Child Support
Vancouver and Surrey Child Support: a must read for parents by Jeff Zilkowsky of MacLean Law Ever wonder why the women on the Maury Povich show want to confirm ‘who the father is’? My (jaded) guess: they want child support. Our top rated lawyers are pleased to help you if you face a child support disagreement or […]
BC Family Law Significantly Unfair
BC Family Law Significantly Unfair And BC Unequal Property Division The new BC Family Law Act was designed to have simpler and clearer rules to allow people to reach a compromise in their family law disputes. Our MacLean Law lawyers can help you resolve family property matters quickly and fairly. One of the new rules […]
BC EXCLUDED PROPERTY
How Does BC Excluded Property Work? Our new BC Family Law Act uses a family property and excluded property model that involves less judicial discretion particularly when identifying and dividing family property or excluded property. Lorne MacLean, QC heads our wealth and asset protection and BC excluded property legal department. Our firm is BC’s largest […]
BC Family Law Act Pension Division
Many BC family law clients who separate or divorce after lengthy marriages have employment pensions. Thes BC pensions may be defined benefit pensions or defined contribution pensions. These BC family pensions are often more valuable than all of the other assets of both spouses combined and we are shocked to see how often mistakes are […]
Family Property Lawyers
The experienced Vancouver family property lawyers and BC family property division and valuation lawyers at MacLean Law routinely handle medium to high net worth BC family property and British Columbia excluded property claims. In earlier blogs we’ve discussed how BC excluded property is dealt with. Today we will explain how the BC and Vancouver family […]
BC Significantly Unfair Family Property Division
The BC family property division lawyers at MacLean Law approve of attempts by the BC government to provide more certainty to family property division upon relationship breakdown. How much more certain the BC family property division law now is will be decided over the next few years. For our medium to high net worth income […]
BC Excluded Property
Under the BC Family Law Act there is a provision that allows for excluded property. The requirements to exclude a property during a BC divorce can be complicated and should be reviewed by an experienced BC family lawyer who understands the property division and excluded property rules. How is BC Property Treated? Property in BC […]
Vancouver Family Law Gifts and Inheritances Lawyer
One of the most contentious issues for Vancouver family lawyers under the Family Law Act is how gifts and inheritances are dealt with when a relationship ends. Often these gifts or inheritances are used to buy property outright, to make down payments, or to reduce or pay off mortgages on a jointly owned family home. […]
