MacLean Law has one of the largest and most experienced team of Vancouver Richmond Mandarin Chinese Speaking Family Lawyers. Our firm won the prestigious Canadian Family Law Firm of the Year for 2024. Fraser MacLean recently won a large interim spousal and child support award of over $30,000 a month making it one of the […]
Avoid Bad BC Gift Dispute Mistakes
Wealthy elderly parents need to avoid bad BC Gift Dispute Mistakes. What is the law on gifts in BC? Many times elderly parents can become confused and make gifts they didn’t understand or fully consider. Sometimes unscrupulous children dupe a parent into making a substantial monetary transfer. Today, downtown Vancouver estate litigation and elder abuse […]
Vancouver Surrey Family Financial Non Disclosure
Vancouver Surrey Family Financial Non-Disclosure lawyers discuss Credibility and Nondisclosure in family cases and why non-disclosure on even one issue can cause devastating consequences to the perpetrator. Susanna Chen, a rising star at our Vancouver office speaks fluent Mandarin. In today’s blog, Susanna explains why it is unwise to hide income or assets and how […]
Vancouver Child Guardianship Lawyers
Our highly rated Vancouver BC Child Guardianship Lawyers explain to our BC family law clients that the concept of joint guardianship is no longer alive in BC under the new Family Law Act. A recent BC Court of Appeal case dealt with the impact of BC child guardianship and parenting responsibilities under the new act […]
Interim BC Custody and Access Applications
The interim custody and access vancouver child guardianship clauses of the new BC Family Law Act states that in the first instance and subject to Court Order: Parents are generally guardians 39 (1) While a child’s parents are living together and after the child’s parents separate, each parent of the child is the child’s guardian. […]
