How Long is Spousal Support Paid? Our top-rated Vancouver spousal support lawyers get asked this question frequently. There are different rules depending on whether you have children or not. In today’s blog, Jonathan Wai answers the burning question of: How Long is Spousal Support Paid? The length of the relationship, the ages of the spouses […]
Vancouver Guideline Support Imputed Income
Vancouver Guideline Support Imputed Income lawyers warn that it’s imperative that the correct guideline income is used for the paying spouse’s income to ensure a fair spousal or child support award. Personal tax returns rarely provide an accurate income picture for a paying spouse that owns a company, runs their own professional practice, or who […]
Grey Divorce Support Early Retirement
Grey Divorce Support Early Retirement is affecting more and more couples who divorce later in life. Will spousal support change or stop when the payor retires? What happens to spousal support if the payor tries to retire early? In today’s blog senior downtown Vancouver family lawyer Jonathan Wai explains grey divorce support early retirement issues. The […]
Vancouver Provincial Family Court Conduct
Vancouver Provincial Family Court conduct strategies that will help you win your family court are explained. Play Nice: Your Conduct Goes a Long Way in Court 1 877 602 9900 As an articled student, I am constantly reminded of how far approaching others with kindness and common decency can take you, especially in the legal […]
Vancouver Support Capital Gains Lawyers
Vancouver Support Capital Gains Lawyers deal with cases where one-time capital gains income may or may not be part of the child support or spousal support guideline income calculation. Capital gains income is taxed at a lower rate than employment income so important corrections are required to capital gains income. Our top-rated* Vancouver Support Capital […]
Double Dipping Spousal Support Lawyers
Double Dipping Spousal Support Lawyers deal with spousal support cases involving company property valuations involving multiple of earnings valuations and pensions that have been bought out in a previous family settlement. In today’s blog, Peter Graburn of our Calgary office and Fraser MacLean of our Vancouver office explain the complexities of company valuation disputes involving […]
Vancouver Spousal Support Post Separation Income Increases
Vancouver Spousal Support Post Separation Income Increases cause significant spousal support variation disputes. The child support guidelines mandate annual corrections and you would be wise to have an annual exchange of income information to ensure proper child support is paid when incomes change. Spousal support variations are not automatic and rarely occur annually. The spousal […]
Family Law Social Media Traps and Tips
Family Law Social Media Traps and tips can make divorcing and separating even more stressful than normal. In today’s blog, downtown Vancouver high net worth family lawyer Sophie Bartholomew explains how to avoid the two worst Family Law Social Media Traps and one great family law social media tip to keep you sane and safe […]
5 Best Provincial Family Court Tips
5 Best Provincial Family Court Tips can help you and your children move forward successfully after separation. Provincial Family Court is the People’s Court. It handles the largest number of family law cases in Alberta and BC and makes key decisions affecting spouses, children and other family members. Family law impacts more Canadians than any […]
BC Foreign Family Property Jurisdiction
BC Foreign Family Property Jurisdiction cases are complex and leave little room for error. Locating, freezing and dividing overseas family property can only occur after BC Foreign Family Property Jurisdiction is confirmed. But how is BC Foreign Family Property Jurisdiction decided? MacLean Law’s International divorce lawyers handle numerous international family law cases involving BC and […]
