In Turpin v Clark the BC Court of Appeal partially allowed a husband’s appeal from a BC spousal support judgment allowing the wife’s upward quantum variation to comply with the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines of a Consent step down BC spousal support Order.
HIGH INCOME BC SPOUSAL SUPPORT AND CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES CALCULATION AND GROSS UP FOR LOWER TAXES
BC spousal support and child support awards start with a proper calculation of the BC paying spouses spousal and child support guideline income which can be taken from tax returns, financial statements showing pre- tax corporate earnings and in cases of foreign income a figure that may be grossed up to reflect a Canadian equivalent income for exchange rate differences and to take into account the income may be received on a tax free basis or on a reduced tax basis compared to the prevailing rates in Canada. Income will often also include bonuses, severance pay and overtime.
What Makes the Best* BC Family Lawyer or Top Vancouver BC Family Law Firm?
As the managing partner at MacLean Family Law I recently spoke to a number of Canada‚’s largest law firm managing partners at the CBA Law Firm Leadership Conference in Toronto, where I told the audience we needed to regain the public’s trust as lawyers and to show more compassion for our clients and that our goal as lawyers on behalf of our clients was to make everyone involved in our clients’ family law matter a part of the crew and not part of the cargo.
Free British Columbia Divorce and Travel Consent Form To be used by Custody and Access Parents to leave BC
Parents who are divorced or separated in BC and who have child custody or child access need a signed travel consent form signed by the other parent or a BC court order saying they have sole custody or the right to leave the country to avoid problems when leaving with their children or returning to British Columbia. Make sure you get the form signed well in advance of the trip to avoid last minute stress for you and the children.
BC FAMILY LAW ANNOUNCES FREE BC DIVORCE AND SEPARATION QUESTION AND ANSWER FORUM ON MACLEAN FAMILY LAW GROUP’S FACEBOOK PAGE
Please feel free to post your BC divorce and British Columbia separation questions on BC Child custody, BC access, BC Spousal support, and BC family assets on our MacLean Family Law Group facebook page
Great new online child custody calendar
A great new Justice Canada Child Custody and British Columbia child access online calendar will help BC Family Law clients and BC Family Lawyers keep each party informed and up to date on what their children are doing after marriage breakdown.
BC Family Asset and British Columbia Property Division and Reapportionment in Short to Medium Length Marriages Ending in British Columbia Divorce
As Vancouver family lawyers and Fort St John family law and divorce lawyers, we are often asked what BC courts do in shorter marriages in British Columbia that end in divorce both with respect to British Columbia spousal support and BC family asset division. We are also frequently asked what kind of BC assets are divided at the end of a marriage? We advise people that the test is whether the assets were ordinarily used for a family purpose.
