Our highly rated Vancouver BC Child Guardianship Lawyers explain to our BC family law clients that the concept of joint guardianship is no longer alive in BC under the new Family Law Act. A recent BC Court of Appeal case dealt with the impact of BC child guardianship and parenting responsibilities under the new act […]
BC Family Dispute Mediators and Arbitrators
MacLean Family Law has a team of three senior lawyers who are qualified to act across BC as family law mediators and family law arbitrators. The new focus of the BC Family Law Act is to encourage clients to reach cooperative and collaborative solutions to their marriage or relationship breakdown. Our senior BC family law […]
DOCUMENT DISCLOSURE IN VANCOUVER BC FAMILY LAW DISPUTES
DOCUMENT DISCLOSURE IN VANCOUVER FAMILY LAW DISPUTES – EVERYTHING PLUS THE KITCHEN SINK Lorne MacLean, Q.C. recently won another case for a very happy family client, in part, because of dogged focus on getting every key family law document from the Ministry of Children and Family Development, police, and school, relating to what the Court […]
Surrey and Fort St John Criminal Defence Lawyers Unreasonable Search and Seizure
BC Unreasonable Search and Seizure Criminal and Drug Possession Criminal Defence lawyers located in Surrey and Fort St John Our Surrey and Fort St John MacLean Law criminal defence lawyers would like to explain a significant case involving s. 8 of the Charter concerning search and seizure of drugs. Call our Surrey and Fort St JohnBc […]
BC Family Law and Criminal Charges For Uttering Threats on Social Media
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 […]
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 […]
Duty Of Full Disclosure of BC Support Income and Family Property
Our highly rated BC and Calgary family lawyers cannot emphasize enough the duty of full disclosure in BC child and spousal support and family property division cases. All to often parties refuse to provide proof of their real income including receipt of unreported cash payments, personal benefits from companies, monies kept in a company so […]
BC Family Law Appeals From An Interim Order Of A BC Supreme Court Master
APPEALING A BC MASTER’S INTERIM ORDER IN BC SUPREME COURT Our Surrey office just obtained a dismissal of an appeal of a BC Master’s family law Order that granted a surrey family law client a favourable shared equal time custody order and she feels the summary of the winning argument she used in court will help family law clients understand […]
BC Family Law Discovery and Family Law Document Discovery Guide
BC Family Law Clients need to be aware that discoveries can be the most important part of both their and the opposing party’s case. It is critical that Vancouver family law lawyers are fully prepared for discoveries and that they have well instructed their clients for the discovery process. The highly rated family lawyers at MacLean Family Law […]
BC Patients Property Act Mental Infirmity Incapacity And Financial And Personal Affairs
BC Testamentary Capacity versus Ability to Manage Financial Affairs under Patients Property Act – It Is Not the Same Test! A BC committee of the person and estate of another party is a person appointed under the BC Patients Property Act by the BC Supreme Court to make personal, medical, legal, or financial decisions for […]
