2025 Proposed Changes to B.C.’s Family Law Act : What You Need to Know in 2025 The B.C. government is preparing to update the Family Law Act, which is the main law that governs issues like parenting, separation, and family violence in British Columbia, particularly for unmarried parties. These proposed changes are designed to better […]
Parenting Arrangements in BC: Putting Children First
Child Parenting Arrangements in BC: Putting Children First is the prime directive for parents, lawyers and judges. Ana Banus one of our rising stars explains this complex area of law. When parents separate, one of the most important issues is deciding how their children’s time will be shared. In British Columbia, parenting arrangements, now referred […]
Fraser MacLean Will Moderate a Key Canadian Legal Summit Session
Canadian Lawyer Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers Fraser MacLean Will Moderate a Key Session – Canadian Legal Summit 2025 Vancouver lawyer Fraser MacLean will moderate a key Canadian Legal Summit session on efficient legal innovation driving new legal models to help lawyers and their teams BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY to help their clients save money and […]
International Family Law Jurisdictional Disputes
Vancouver International Family Law Jurisdictional Disputes cases are arising more frequently given the world’s modern economy and the fact spouses today meet people around the world and fall in love them at a distance through social media. MacLean Law’s best international family law lawyers have won numerous awards including winner of Canada’s Best Family Law […]
Fraser MacLean Named Canadian Lawyer’s 2025 Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers
Fraser MacLean Named Canadian Lawyer’s 2025 Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers. Fraser MacLean is a Vancouver family lawyer at MacLean Family Law and one of the youngest lawyers to win Canadian Lawyer Magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers award. A Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, he has led precedent-setting cases involving $70–90M in […]
Conspiracy to Avoid Support and Property Division
Are you worried your spouse might be conspiring with others to reduce your support or hide family assets from you? It’s not an uncommon concern, and a recent case from the British Columbia Supreme Court of Kennedy v Kennedy, 2025 BCSC 1165 sheds some light on how the courts view claims of Conspiracy to […]
Wealthy Divorce Real Estate Collapse Strategies
Wealthy Divorce Real Estate Collapse Strategies may save or cost you millions of dollars. MacLean Law’s Wealthy Divorce Real Estate Collapse Strategies lawyers can help you share gains as well as losses and help extricate you from presale offers to help you cut your losses. Obviously, the market is clearly going lower contrary to cheery […]
How Do I Win Vancouver BC Child Parenting Time?
Here are Lorne N. MacLean, KC’s, How Do I Win Vancouver BC Child Custody Tips. MacLean was the successful counsel for Ms.Young in Young v. Young in the precedent setting Vancouver BC child custody case that emphasized the principle of maximum contact by a child to both of its parents as being in the child’s […]
Best BC Shared Child Parenting Lawyers Free Checklist
Best BC Shared Child Parenting Lawyers Free Checklist comes from lawyers who successfully won shared parenting back in the 1980’s when father’s struggled to maintain maximum contact with their children after separation. We won Young v. Young in the Supreme Court of Canada which is Canad’s most famous ” maximum contact ” child parenting time […]
Parenting Time Right Of First Refusal
MacLean Law’s parenting time right of first refusal lawyers focus on the principle of maximum contact. MacLean Law is ranked as a tier 1 UHNW family firm because we repeatedly win the toughest ultra high net worth cases including our focus on Mandarin Chinese high net worth family law disputes. First Right of Refusal: This […]
