IS A POA GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE HEALTH DECISIONS FOR THE DONOR?
A Power of Attorney (POA) can be, with the correct wording, unrestricted in both the duration of time and scope of task. Thus people will...
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Jun 91 min read
OPEN ENDED DEFINITION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
I promised in my post about custody to talk about family violence. In addition to common law torts like assault, there is specific...
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Sea to Sky Law
Jun 91 min read
IS THERE NO MORE CUSTODY?
With over 30 years of successful experience practicing family law, I have seen many changes to the law over the decades. A major change...
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Jun 91 min read
Is your Pooch considered property?
Is your Pooch considered property? In a BC family separation, a pet was considered property which meant that the Court had to apply the...
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Jun 91 min read
Where do the pets GO? When families separate....
Where do the pets GO?
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Sep 17, 20231 min read
Relationships Are Like Flowers- There is a Huge Variety
Relationships are like flowers - there is a huge variety. Like flowers, at first relationships are attractive and colorful and...
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Sep 14, 20231 min read
Who Gets To Be The Guardian After the Parents Separate
Recently achieved a significant victory at the Port Coquitlam Family Court for a father, namely an Order that he has sole Guardianship...
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Sep 12, 20231 min read
Solving Family Disputes by Agreement Before Court
Solving Family Disputes by Agreement Before Court Have you heard about the new BC Provincial Court Family Law Process = the Early...
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Sep 12, 20231 min read
Do I have to share my Assets?
Do I have to share my Assets? Question: Are family assets divided differently upon separation if you are common-law and not married?...
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Sep 3, 20231 min read
Guardianship
Guardianship under the BC 2013 Family Law Act because if you are not a Guardian then you cannot have Parenting Responsibilities etc; you...
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Sep 1, 20231 min read
Conflict of Interest?
Conflict of Interest? What does it mean when a lawyer says there is a conflict of interest? Why do I have to show ID and retain a lawyer...
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Aug 31, 20231 min read
Custody Orders
QUESTION: If a parent has a custody order but has not exercised the custody leaving the children in the care of non-custodial parents;...
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Aug 26, 20231 min read
What I bring to the marriage....
The emotion in a family separation is usually related to two major subjects - children and money. This post is about the division of...
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Aug 25, 20231 min read
Am I late?
CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS Did you know that child support, since it is the right of the child, is a priority for the courts to calculate and...
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Aug 24, 20231 min read
Retroactivity
NOTE - our Supreme Court of Canada, our highest court in Canada, has clarified the law about retroactive child support and made other...
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Aug 22, 20231 min read
Family Disputes?
Have you heard about the new BC Provincial Court Family Law Process = the Early Resolution and Case Management process ? This new family...
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Aug 14, 20231 min read
Burden of Proof?
Many people know that the 2013 FLA has a 50/50 division of family assets as the starting point then one can argue whether half would be...
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Aug 12, 20231 min read
Is support a right?
On 4 June 2021 the Supreme Court of Canada issued an unanimous decision about how the retroactive reduction of a periodic child support...
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Aug 11, 20231 min read
Keeping financial secrets?
The failure to promptly provide all financial disclosure in family cases has been described by our Court of Appeal to be a cancer in...
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Aug 2, 20231 min read
Family Court
Two courts are available in BC to resolve family law issues: the Supreme Court which is more traditional and has a greater scope of...
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