As Surrey and Fort St John criminal lawyers, as well as family law lawyers, with 4 offices across BC, we’d like to discuss the dangers of BC social media in family and other BC cases and more specifically- BC criminal charges for uttering threats on facebook, twitter or other social media sites. As Surrey and […]
BC Wills Variation Act Unfair Wills and Vancouver Estate Litigation Lawyers
Our BC Wills Variation Act lawyers and Vancouver estate litigation and disputed will and committeeship application lawyers look forward to assisting you and we now provide free unfair wills and estate litigation tips and information at our new website. Read Lorne MacLean’s interview on Canada’s national legal newspaper Lawyers Weekly on our Estate Litigation website.. We […]
Vancouver Child Support Section 7 Special and Extraordinary Expenses Duty To Consult
BC Child Support Guidelines Section 7 Special and Extraordinary Expenses Require A Duty To Consult First Vancouver child support Section 7 Special and Extraordinary Expense disputes often require the involvement of the courts to determine whether the expense is necessary and reasonable. Parents need to be aware of the need to discuss the expense with the other […]
Vancouver Post Secondary Education Child Support Guidelines Calculations
Vancouver child support calculations are a relatively straight forward task for a child not over the age of majority, which is 19 years old in BC child support guidelines cases. When the child is over 19 and in post secondary education either living at home or living away from home, the task is complex and […]
Child Support Guidelines Sharing Of Daycare and Preschool Costs
Our Vancouver child support guideline lawyers at MacLean Family Law Group know that child care costs can be a difficult task for a single parent when trying to balance work and family life. The financial strain on most single parent families makes staying at home almost never an option as both parents need to provide […]
Best* Vancouver Child Custody Lawyer Parenting After Separation Tips
Vancouver BC child custody, access and guardianship lawyer, Lorne MacLean, Q.C. welcomes changes coming to BC’s child custody and access laws designed to promote settlement and a more child focused approach to resolving issues involving parenting children after separation. Get us involved early on in your separation so we can move your case towards a […]
Section 15 Child Custody and Access Psychologist Investigations And Reports
The Vancouver child custody and child parenting time and access lawyers of MacLean Family Law whose offices are located in Surrey, Vancouver, Fort St. John, and Kelowna, would like to discuss what can happen after a s. 15 custody and access report is completed and given to both parties. S. 15 reports are reports done under […]
BC Unequal Family Property Division
On March 18, 2013, the law in British Columbia will change with the new Family Law Act and the Courts will be required to divide all property, that is not excluded property, “equally” between the spouses (or common law partners) unless it is “significantly unfair” to do so. This is a change from the old […]
BC and Canadian Frozen Embryo Family Dispute Lawyers
Lorne MacLean, Q.C. of the MacLean Family Law Group were in Vancouver Supreme Court today on a precedent setting frozen embryo custody dispute injunction case. MacLean successfully obtained an injunction on behalf of a wife to keep the 4 embryos frozen pending trial in June 2013 so they are not destroyed before this emotion laden […]
Vancouver Interim Emergency Family Law Applications and Orders for Custody, Support and Property
Interim Vancouver Family Orders and Applications can include temporary BC family law decisions relating to the payment of spousal support, child support, control and access to property, control of bank accounts, and often most importantly, access and custody of children. Vancouver Supreme Court Makes Emergency Interim Family Law Order for Child Custody & Access when […]