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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 […]

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New BC Family Relations Act Definition of BC Spouse Changes BC Common Law Spousal Support and BC Property Rights for BC Unmarried Persons

If you are a BC unmarried person in a BC common law- also called a BC marriage-like relationship- the rules of the game for British Columbia spousal support and for BC property division are about to radically change. The definition of “spouse” that controls the rights you have to spousal support have been expanded due […]

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New BC Family Relations Act Reform 2010

New BC Family Law changes- BC Family Relations Act Reform 2010 and the BC Family Law Act White Paper provides dramatic BC Family Law reforms to BC spousal support, BC family property division, BC common law property division, BC child custody-Lorne N. MacLean will be interviewed on the BC Family Relations Act Reform Law , […]

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BC Family Asset & BC Property Division – New Rules

BC Family Law and Interim Distribution of BC Family Assets and Advances to Pay BC Legal Fees: Who Pays the Piper in Divorce? We are all familiar with the notion that he who pays the piper calls the tune, but what happens when you don’t have the money to pay the piper? In contested divorce […]

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Varying or Setting Aside Unfair BC Separation Agreements

We are often asked to review BC separation agreement or BC marriage agreements with a view to setting the BC separation or BC Marriage agreement aside and Shelagh Kinney of our BC Family Law office had a nice win recently in a case on behalf of the wife in L v. L, a BC Supreme […]

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BC Law on Varying or Setting Aside Unfair BC Separation Agreements or BC Marriage Agreements 2010 Update

We are often asked to review BC separation agreement or BC marriage agreements with a view to setting the BC separation or BC Marriage agreement aside and Shelagh Kinney of our BC Family Law office had a nice win recently in a case on behalf of the wife in L v. L, a BC Supreme […]

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BC Case Alert-Unmarried Couples, BC Marriage Like Relationship and BC Spousal Support

P.P.W. v. R.S.L.B., 2010 BCSC 58 – 2010/01/15 Is an interesting BC unmarried couples, BC common law and BC marriage like relationship case where the BC Supreme Court had to determine if unmarried parties lived in a marriage like relationship” for a period of two years sufficient to justify entitlement to a spousal support award. […]

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Adultery and Misconduct in BC Divorce and British Columbia Separation

Many BC divorce and British Columbia Separated parents involved in a BC child custody case think their chances of receiving child custody, more or less support, or a larger share of the family property will change if their spouse has had an affair. In reality an affair has little if any impact on the issues […]

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WHAT INCOME IS USED FOR BC SPOUSAL AND BC CHILD SUPPORT FOR A SELF EMPLOYED BC OWNER OF A BUSINESS?

Warning-Pre tax profits are the default guideline income for spousal and child support. We often warn our family clients involved in a BC spousal or child support case that the tax return of a BC self employed spouse does not present an accurate picture of the income that the court will use for determining guideline […]

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BC SPOUSAL SUPPORT REVIEW ORDERS AND ATTRIBUTED AND IMPUTED INCOME TO RECEIPIENT SPOUSE AND ONUS AT BC SPOUSAL SUPPORT HEARING REVIEW HEARING

The Supreme Court of Canada established defined the limited situations when a BC spousal support review can be ordered on BC spousal support awards in the Leskun. The British Columbia spousal support review order is still used as a tool to encourage a reluctant spouse to take steps to move in part or in whole towards self- sufficiency.

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