Category: Family Law

As we have explained in earlier Legal Alert articles, in late 2011 the British Columbia Legislature passed Bill 16, which will be our new Family Law Act. Once in force,

Despite the fact that the divorce rate in Canada hovers between 40% and 45%, most family law disputes settle outside of the court system. While only the Supreme Court of

This article will focus on some of the upcoming changes to family law in British Columbia as a result of the implementation of the Family Law Act.  Subsequent articles will

In late September 2011, lawmakers in Mexico City proposed a new marriage license that would allow a couple to have a 2 year trial marriage.  If, at the end of

The Tax Court of Canada rendered an interesting decision on March 4, 2011 in the case of Hovasse v. R , 2011 TCC 143. The case dealt with an appeal

As discussed in several of our department’s article since the summer of 2010, the provincial government of British Columbia released the White Paper on Family Relations Act Reform: Proposals for