As Vancouver high net worth divorce lawyers and Wills Variation Act and estate litigation lawyers, we often see the interplay between how family gifts or loans are characterized in disputed marriage breakdown cases as well as on the death of a parent or spouse in estate litigation cases. In many family cases what might initially […]
BC FAMILY LAW LOANS, FAMILY DEBTS AND GIFTS AND HOW VANCOUVER BC FAMILY LAWYERS CHARACTERIZE THEM
As BC high net worth family lawyers, we are often asked to deal with family property division cases where one spouse’s parents or relatives have contributed substantial sums towards the purchase of the family home. We are also often asked to determine by one side or the other whether this advance of money was a […]
BC FAMILY PROPERTY LAW MAREVA INJUNCTIONS TO FREEZE BC FAMILY ASSETS LOCATED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Most BC family lawyers in BC have never used the powerful injunction over the person and assets called the Mareva Injunction. Jennifer Lin and Lorne MacLean recently obtained such an order for their delighted client and Jennifer Lin is now kind enough to explain how this powerful tool works for experienced BC family lawyers and […]
BIG CHANGES FOR BC UNMARRIED COUPLES, BC MARRIAGE LIKE RELATIONSHIPS AND BC COMMON LAW SPOUSES COHABITATION AGREEMENTS
IMMEDIATE REPEAL OF SECTION 120.1 OF THE BC FAMILY RELATIONS ACT – WHAT IT MEANS TO UNMARRIED COMMON-LAW COUPLES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Our medium to high net worth common law relationship and marriage like relationship and unmarried couples lawyers want potential BC clients to be aware of massive changes to the rules affecting support and […]
BC Family Law Act Excluded Property Lawyers
The BC government has released new Family Law Act Bill that will propose sweeping changes to British Columbia family law. For the 1st time in British Columbia couples in marriage like relationships- also called BC common-law relationships- will now be governed by a statutory presumption of equal division of assets upon marriage breakdown. However, […]
BC Family Lawyer Tips – The Sale of Your Matrimonial Home Upon Marriage Breakdown
The Sale of your BC Matrimonial Home At the time of marriage breakdown, separation or divorce selling and dividing the proceeds of the Family Home is an issue that we as BC family lawyers deal with daily for our clients at our Vancouver, Kelowna, Surrey, and Fort St. John family law offices. As British Columbia’s […]
Vancouver and BC Divorce Divorce Lawyer Lorne MacLean Warns- Don’t Leave the Matrimonial Home!
What is “exclusive possession of the matrimonial home” and is it wise to leave the home if your BC marriage is in trouble? Sometimes it feels like you can’t take it anymore and you have to leave the family home for your own sanity. Sometimes you feel you need to leave the matrimonial home because […]
BC Spousal Separation and Section 57 Declaration Lawyers
Did you know that BC has a deferred shared family asset and family property regime? You should be aware of various BC family triggering events and Section 57 Declaration of no prospect of reconciliation strategies depending on who owns a particular family asset. Post BC family separation triggering events that cause the BC shared family […]
BC Family Relations Act
Lorne MacLean, Partner at MacLean Family Law and the Attorney General of BC Representatives Discuss the Upcoming Changes to the BC Family Relations Act at CBA Vancouver Family Subsection Meeting BC married and common law persons in strained BC family law relationships who own BC family assets and those considering getting married in BC who […]
BC FAMILY RELATIONS ACT FAMILY PROPERTY DIVISION REFORMS DEMAND IMMEDIATE ATTENTION BY MARRIED AND UNMARRIED PERSONS
Lorne MacLean, Partner at MacLean Family law Group and the Attorney General of BC Representatives Discuss the Upcoming Changes to the BC Family Relations Act at CBA Vancouver Family Subsection Meeting BC married and common law persons in strained BC family law relationships who own BC family assets and those considering getting married in BC […]
