Category: Family Law
Pushor Mitchell has once again successfully defended a client in a difficult family law case, this time at the BC Court of Appeal.
The date of separation is when it is clearly made known to the other spouse the relationship is over, and steps are taken in that regard.
The breakdown of a relationship inevitably triggers a number of issues, both personal and financial, that may require immediate and careful management.
An old legal sage once pointed out the obvious that a marriage can end in only one of two ways: Divorce or death.
One of the most formidable tools available to a spouse who is separating from their partner is an interim restraining order from the court.
Ever since the Family Law Act came into force in British Columbia, the definition and determination of which relationships are considered to be “marriage-like” as set out in the act