Our highly regarded Vancouver Income Increase Support Lawyers deal with hundreds of medium to high net worth financial disputes when parties in BC and Calgary divorce or separate. Today, we tackle the thorny issue of post-separation increase in income where spousal support is involved. Our firm is Vancouver’s Top Choice Awards winner once again for […]
BC Spousal Support – Is There A Duty To Become Self Sufficient?
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 […]
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 […]
