Are BC residents at increased risk of falling victim to predatory marriage during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those who are elderly or suffering from cognitive impairment such…
Where spouses contribute in various ways, and in different measures, to the acquisition of family wealth and assets, how does BC divorce law apply to divide that…
Under BC divorce law, the rules about division of family property and debt apply to both married couples and unmarried couples who have been living together in…
As our BC family lawyers have discussed, an unjust enrichment claim in the family context can be used to prevent one spouse from leaving the relationship with…
A BC marriage agreement may be unenforceable if one or both of the spouses did not obtain independent legal advice before signing the agreement. Without independent legal…
If properly prepared, a BC marriage agreement effectively and efficiently deals with issues such as division of property, responsibility for debts, spousal support, and child support on…
Previously, our Vancouver estate law team discussed how the failure to meet formal validity requirements in a will can lead to BC estate litigation. As noted in…
BC estate litigation can be rooted in an attack on the formal validity of the will – in other words, a will can be contested in court…
On breakdown of a marriage, BC spousal support is commonly paid on a periodic basis, which means that one spouse pays the other spouse a set amount…
At the end of a marriage, are you entitled to spousal support? The question of entitlement to spousal support in BC is a threshold question that must…
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