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Comment on BC Spousal Support and Alimony Update 2009 by oppodiaKefe

oppodiaKefe — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:25:04 +0000

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Comment on BC CHILD CUSTODY UNDER BC FAMILY RELATIONS ACT AND DIVORCE ACT by Terrance Martin

Terrance Martin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:40:04 +0000

I was told by a Supreme Court judge that I could not plead s.17(9) of the Divorce Act in a Supreme Court application to vary an order made in provincial court under the FRA.
The kid’s mom has taken the position that the only benefical contact is no contact, and I don’t see an equivalent to the maximum contact provision of the Divorce Act in the FRA.
Is what the judge said true? If not, what should I tell him?
I’m seekin a change of custody.

Comment on BC CHILD CUSTODY UNDER BC FAMILY RELATIONS ACT AND DIVORCE ACT by Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:46:19 +0000

If the parents had a brief relationship and due to birth control failure, the mother becomes pregnant and chooses to have the child, will she lose her right to mobility even if she is in agreement to access? She could have chosen not to tell the man and the child would have grown up with no knowledge of him at all. Law needs to change regarding type of relationship the parents had and how it would affect custody. There are two situations..one where the mother tells the man and the other where the mother does not..The first binds her legally to the man while the second she carries on and raises her child alone.

Comment on British Columbia Family Law Spousal Support Exception Non Deductable or Non Taxable Income by A Robinson

A Robinson — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:50:29 +0000

With regard to same sex couples who have lived together for 20 years and married in 2004 when it became legal , how are you calculating the years together ? I’ve read the federal Gov’t paper on spousal support and they use the term years co-habitation leading up to marriage before separation. If I’m reading this correctly then it means the courts will take into account all of the 20 full years we were together in determining the monthly amount. Am I interpreting this correctly ?

Comment on Free BC Child Support Calculator by Yee

Yee — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:55:39 +0000

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Comment on British Columbia Family Law Spousal Support Exception Non Deductable or Non Taxable Income by divorce mediation mediation

divorce mediation mediation — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:50:12 +0000

Thanks for explaining everything via examples. It is really good.

Comment on Restrictive Retroactive Child Support Guidelines Decision Could Spell Disaster for Children and for Family Lawyers who fail to include annual Child Support Reviews by Cheryle Mauthe

Cheryle Mauthe — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:02:40 +0000

What if the recipient was bullied throughout the marriage, bullied throughout the divorce & separation, and continues to be bullied even 12 yrs after the divorce? I was afraid to ever ask my ex for anything for fear of the response. Although our original order, dated 1996, states that it should be adjusted every October, this was never done. He would never offer, and I was afraid to ask for anything more. I have since been told that retroactive support would not be granted as it is my responsibility to seek it. If I had done so, my ex would have made my life hell, and said/done things to upset my young daughter.
I was pressured for 2 years to let my daughter go live with her Dad. I gave in last August (she is 14)I have since been told that I didn’t have to let her go, that it is an urban myth that children can choose from the age of 12. Fat lot of good this does me now. He is demanding child support from me in the amount that he had to pay (he now makes $80,000+, old order is based on $57,000/yr).
I am not in a position to pay for a lawyer, I am unemployed and was advised by a “Law Referral” lawyer to pay him support assuming that I am working a min. wage job, fulltime.
I am scared, confused, frustrated with hours spent on line never finding anyone who is in my position. I need help and don’t know where to turn. Any assistance/info would be greatly appreciated.

Comment on PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME 2009 DEVELOPMENTS by Pamelicious

Pamelicious — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:53:21 +0000

Hi, my husband and I feel that his 4 year old daughter is a victim of BLATANT PAS. There is no question of it and the mother’s agenda is obvious to our current lawyer, the RCMP to which she has made several false abuse allegations, including one report of sexual abuse targeted at my 11 yr old daughter, the MCFD to which she also reports, including here in Victoria BC where we live, in Port Alberni BC where she recently moved from to ‘escape violence’, and Saskatchewan where she ran to with her new boyfriend without giving any kind of notification. We have not seen his daughter since May 08 with the exception of a few hours after court last time in Nov. We have spent $6700. on our current lawyer for the last trip to court which established a visitation agreement to which she has not adhered to anyhow. She has recently sent an email to my husband stating that her new boyfriend is now Daddy and that his daughter now refers to my husband by his first name. We have a long history of alienation, in fact, I believe it began when she was pregnant. She has denied access on numerous occasions and continuously berates my husband’s role in his daughter’s life. We are at the end of our rope with this situation…we don’t want to give up on his daughter but the mother brings absolute emotional chaos into our life and takes away emotionally and financially from the 2 kids we are raising in our home, especially when she starts targeting her abuse allegations on our kids. We are paying $600. per month in child support for this woman to torment us. When will the courts realize that there are women who exist not to serve the best interest of the child and serve justice to not only the child in question but to the families who are trying to do the right thing by the child and being abused by mothers with superiority complexes and delusions of grandeur who use Provincial Court as their personal playground? Anyone?

Comment on MACLEAN LAW GROUP FORT ST JOHN BC LAW OFFICE OPEN by Jane Fenton

Jane Fenton — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:32:20 +0000

I am looking for a final divorce. We have been seperated since 2003. I can be reached at 780-760-5536. I intend to recieve some earnings from this seperation. Thank you I look forward to hearing from your office.

Comment on BC SPOUSAL AND BRITISH COLUMBIA CHILD SUPPORT by Family therapy activities

Family therapy activities — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:27:13 +0000

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