MacLean Family Law reviewed the recent decision of JB v SC 2015 BCSC 213 and advises in today’s: “Family disputes can involve lengthy court proceedings, interlocutory applications and injunctions, and findings of credibility. When spouses more-or-less agree on what happened between them, but disagree on what the outcome should be, their dispute may be suitable […]
Spousal Support Time Limits
BC Spousal Support Time Limits Are Tricky On spousal support time limits, our lawyer recently argued a precedent setting case in the BC court of appeal. MacLean Law won on behalf of her client at trial on the spousal support time limits argument but the BC Court of Appeal sent it back for a determination […]
Family Law Expert Evidence
New BC Appeal Case Enforces Gatekeeper Role in Family Law Expert Evidence In a key 2016 case involving disputed family law expert evidence, the BC Court of Appeal has sent a stern message to family law lawyers and their clients that they will enforce proper rules for accepting family law expert evidence in all family […]
Vancouver Spousal Support Lawyers
Our Vancouver spousal support lawyers understand that the start date of support is critical both for the spouse who requires support as well as for the person who has to pay it. Many times, for a variety of reasons, our Vancouver spousal support lawyers are asked to deal with the prickly issue of retroactive spousal support. […]
BC Parentage Lawyers
Lorne MacLean, QC was the one of first BC parentage lawyers in Canada to deal with a Canadian frozen embryo dispute. He was successful as Juanita Nott’s BC parentage lawyers representative in protecting frozen embryos from being destroyed pending trial. Our BC parentage lawyers deal with cutting edge assisted human reproduction disputes as well as […]
Vancouver Interim Family Appeals
Vancouver interim family appeals face a serious hurdle before being allowed to proceed. Our family rules discourage Vancouver interim family appeals and encourage prompt steps towards having a trial judge decide the family law, child parenting and financial issues. Leave is required for any Vancouver interim family appeals. The reason for this is that family matters that […]
Avoid BC Family Law Mistakes
BC Family Law Mistakes We Can Help You Avoid People often find BC family law complex and confusing. There are family law rules and deadlines and worst of all time limits after which valid claims for support and property division are barred. Our family lawyers can easily help you Avoid BC Family Law Mistakes. We can […]
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 […]
Special Costs BC Family Law
BC family law cases can be very stressful and frustrating for both spouses. Each side wants to have their position endorsed by the courts. Often both sides have reasonable but differing positions that a judge must pick from to decide a BC family law case. After deciding a BC family case, the family law judge […]
South Surrey Family Law and White Rock WESA Estate Dispute
Lorne MacLean, Q.C. manages our wealth preservation family law department in Vancouver, South Surrey and White Rock. MacLean Law is proud to have been named Vancouver’s top family law firm by Top Choice Awards. Our top rated South Surrey high net worth family law and major estate litigation lawyers see real dangers for separating and […]