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 […]
BC High Conflict Child Custody Parental Alienation- Levels of Alienation
Lorne MacLean and Ari Wormeli are just finishing week 4 of a highly contested BC parental alienation and or estrangement case. These cases require a tremendous amount of work to uncover which aspect and or parent is causing the children to ally with one against visiting the other parent. Such cases are heartbreaking below we […]
New BC Child Custody Moving Away Rules Coming-BC Child Relocation and BC Child Mobility
What is the test for moving away in a child custody case in BC? As BC Family Law and child custody and access lawyers in Vancouver and Fort St. John, BC one of the most heart wrenching family and BC child custody cases we see occurs when one parent wants to, or is required to, […]
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 […]
Key Canadian Tax Decision Allows Deduction of Divorce and Family Law Legal Fees Related to BC Child Support
A new Tax Court ruling affecting BC child support legal fee deduction could help you save thousands provided your BC family law counsel is aware of this important development. Come see The BC child support lawyers at MacLean Family Law Group to learn more about how this important ruling affects you. In short a new […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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.
