The valuation of third party discretionary trusts on separation has sparked disputes between family lawyers and trust lawyers, and even more so for separating family law clients. A blockbuster BC Court of Appeal case of Cottrell was released at the end of December 2023. Cottrell v Cottrell provides guidance for family law clients and their […]
Best Vancouver New Year Separation Tips
Best Vancouver New Year Separation Tips are timely during this holiday season. Post-Christmas divorces skyrocket starting in the first week of each January say top-rated* BC, Calgary, and Toronto family law and divorce lawyers. So, do the Christmas Holidays delay or accelerate Vancouver divorces and Vancouver separations? January IS CALLED DIVORCE MONTH. Our high net […]
Vancouver Family Property Pension Division Lawyers
Vancouver Family Property Pension Division Lawyers deal with cases involving- what can often be a separating couple’s most significant family property asset- their private and public service sector pensions. Vancouver Family Property Pension Division Lawyers know there are various types of pensions that are divisible as family property. MacLean Law’s BC family lawyers operate from 5 offices located […]
BC Spousal Support Retirement Lawyers
What happens to spousal support after retirement? What happens to spousal support after retirement? BC SPOUSAL SUPPORT RETIREMENT LAWYERS at MacLean Law deal with the stressful situation of how separating spouses deal with a decline in a family breadwinner’s income. Our top rated lawyers handle cases of early retirement, involuntary retirement, voluntary retirement and cases where […]
Vancouver Surrey Unequal Division Family Property
Vancouver Surrey Unequal Division Family Property cases are now showing up with greater frequency after 4 years of BC Family Law Act legislation. Our highly ranked* Vancouver Surrey Unequal Division Family Property lawyers at Maclean Law applaud the recent BC Supreme Court decision of E.H.H. v C.L.M., 2017 BCSC 1299 , where Madam Justice Young provided a detailed […]
Vancouver and Surrey Child Support
Vancouver and Surrey Child Support: a must read for parents by Jeff Zilkowsky of MacLean Law Ever wonder why the women on the Maury Povich show want to confirm ‘who the father is’? My (jaded) guess: they want child support. Our top rated lawyers are pleased to help you if you face a child support disagreement or […]
MacLean Law in the Community
MacLean Law Supports Vancouver Pride Week Vancouver just celebrated another successful Pride Week, including the Pride Parade that brings a fantastic celebration to the streets of Vancouver. Congratulations to the group from The Canadian Bar Association – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference (SOGIC) who organized the Legally Proud float. “SOGIC represents people from all […]
BC Interjurisdictional Support Orders Lawyers-Enforcing Child Support And Spousal Support Against a Person Living Outside of BC
The Vancouver BC interjurisdictional Support Orders Act and foreign payor support lawyers at MLG note that a common problem for BC Family Law litigants is enforcing an order or even obtaining an initial order for child support or spousal support from another person who lives outside of BC, whether in another Canadian province or even […]
BC Inter-jurisdictional Support Orders
The Vancouver BC inter-jurisdictional Support Orders Act and foreign payor support lawyers at MLG note that a common problem for BC Family Law litigants is enforcing an order or even obtaining an initial order for child support or spousal support from another person who lives outside of BC, whether in another Canadian province or even […]
Family Law Lawyers- Best Practices
All too often Surrey BC Family Lawyers, Langley BC family and divorce lawyers and Surrey family law lawyers and their Surrey BC separated or divorcing Langley BC family law clients can lose sight of the need for respect and civility in their Greater Vancouver and Langley, Delta and Surrey BC family law case. A Langley […]
