An example of the courts using a straight application of the Child Support Guidelines in a high income situation: In Roche v. Chen, 2012 BCSC 1290, the BC Supreme Court reviewed the circumstances under which an interim child support [...read full post]
I was first exposed to the area of family law after I completed my first year of law school and obtained a summer position with the Ministry of Attorney General working as a member of the Family Relations Act review [...read full post]
In February of 2006, the Ministry of Attorney General began a review the Family Relations Act (“FRA”) with an aim to modernize family law in British Columbia. After years of consultation and review, the Family Law Act (“FLA”) was passed [...read full post]
Just a quick note: As at June 1, 2012, there will be new regulations in place to deal with sealing court files in Family law cases. If you want to ensure that some or all of the contents of a [...read full post]
When you pay money to a lawyer to:
– collect late support payments from a current or former spouse;
– obtain a spousal or a child support order from a current or former spouse; or,
– seek an increase in [...read full post]
