As a Vancouver and BC spousal support lawyer I’m often asked: I’M DIVORCING AFTER A LONG MARRIAGE, IS THERE A DUTY TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT IN BC SPOUSAL SUPPORT CASES? I argued in the Supreme Court of Canada that the family law legislation affects Canadians more than any other legislation in Canada. In the infamous […]
BC Family Business Valuation Date and Guideline Income Support
Vancouver Divorce Business Valuations and Guideline Income Reports Lawyers As highly rated BC high net worth family property valuation, family asset division and child and spousal support lawyers ,we are cognizant that expert business valuations and guideline income calculations will be even more important now because of the new BC Family Law Act. The concept of […]
Common Law Couples and Spousal Support: Know Your Rights
In a recent landmark case, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Quebec law barring common law couples from the right to claim spousal support is to be upheld, even though a majority found the law to be unconstitutional. In a narrow 5-4 vote, the highest court in our country found that Quebec’s exclusion […]
Vancouver Spousal Support Remarriage New Relationship
How Does Vancouver Spousal Support Work When There Is A Remarriage Or New Relationship? As Vancouver spousal support lawyers we often deal with the Divorce Act spousal support provisions and the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines. One interesting issue concerns parties who seek support or oppose a reduction of support when they are involved in a […]
How Much Vancouver BC Spousal Support Is Payable For Stay At Home Parents And For How Long?
Does a Vancouver stay-at-home parent seeking BC spousal support have the right to remain in this role after the breakdown of a short marriage? Does the BC homemaker have a right to a high amount of spousal support without responsibility to financially support the children and for how long? Stay-at-home parenting by single parents is […]
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 […]
Vancouver BC Variation Of Spousal Support Material Change of Circumstances
Variation of Vancouver spousal and child support only happens if there is a material change of circumstances since the making of the original support order. A material change is one that: if known at the time of the original order would have caused a different amount or duration of support to be ordered. The test […]
Vancouver Child Support Lawyers Imputed Guideline Income and Unemployed Stay At Home Parents
What happens when a parent decides to be a “stay-at-home-parent” for the infant child of a new marriage and, due to this “unemployment,” is unable to pay child support for the children of the former marriage? Our top rated* Vancouver child support lawyers are pleased to explain this issue and issues involving underemployed spouses to […]
SURREY BC RETROACTIVE CHILD AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT LAWYERS
Surrey and Vancouver family law clients involved in BC spousal and child support cases often mistakenly believe that orders and agreements will prevent claims of retroactive child and spousal support. Promptly dealing with the correction of support is important for both paying and receiving parents. We have 4 family law offices in BC and our top […]
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 […]
