VANCOUVER CHILD PARENTING TIME GUARDIANSHIP LAWYERS Vancouver child custody, Vancouver child parenting time and BC “parenting responsibilities” and BC “parenting time” are phrases used in BC courts when Court decisions regarding children are involved. Joint guardianship no longer exists in BC, rather both parents will remain as guardians if they have a history of shared involvement […]
Dawson Creek Family Lawyers
Our Dawson Creek family lawyers and Fort St John BC family property division lawyers handle numerous Dawson Creek family property and family debt division cases each year from our Fort St John and Dawson Creek office. In cases involving the family home, often called the Matrimonial Home, our Dawson Creek Family Lawyers will often have experts […]
BC Parental Alienation Lawyers
Our highly rated* and respected BC family lawyers feel that BC Parental alienation is the cruelest form of family violence. While spouses may not stay together forever, our BC parental alienation lawyers know that “parents are forever”. We do not believe, a good parent in all other respects, is a fit and proper parent to […]
Vancouver Family Law Appeals
Vancouver Family Law Appeals Demand Respect People who bring Vancouver family law appeals obviously feel the decision they are appealing is wrong. Roughly 25 to 33% of appeals brought are successful but in most cases any lower court orders must be respected pending the hearing of a Vancouver family law appeals. The recent decision of Hokhold […]
BC Family Business Valuation
The BC Family Business Valuation Lawyers at MacLean Law routinely assist their medium to high net worth family business owners in valuing and fairly dividing their BC family business, partnership or professional practice. It takes specialized knowledge from our seasoned and stellar family lawyers to ensure your business is properly divided and in a way […]
BC Family Property Division
What are the rules in a BC family separation for BC family property division other than 50/50? What is reapportionment or unequal BC family property division? In BC, our Family Law Act mandates that all family property is to be divided equally regardless of effort or contribution unless it would be significantly unfair to share […]
BC Supervised Child Access
In the recent case of J.J.T. v. J.A.S. BC supervised child access was ordered and the court set out a list of factors to be considered as well as the legal test for ordering BC supervised child access. Clients often ask what rules determine when BC supervised child access will be ordered and for how long. […]
BC Spousal Support and Remarriage
Many people in BC think that remarriage or a new common law relationship will result in an immediate cancellation of any spousal support obligations. Our BC Spousal Support and Remarriage lawyers are at pains to explain to our BC spousal support and alimony clients that spousal support will not automatically cease because the receiving spouse enters […]
BC Excluded Property and Gifts
A huge BC Excluded Property and Gifts Decision has just been handed down that will send chills throughout the family law bar in BC. We have been warning our high net worth clients for some time to NEVER place inherited or gifted monies in joint names with their spouses nor in the sole names of their […]
BC Family Law Experts
Lawyers can and should review draft expert reports in family cases Does your BC family law lawyer understand how to deal with family law experts doing child and spousal support guideline income calculations? Do they know how to effectively deal with real property, company and other business valuators and other BC family law experts? Do they know […]
