JP Boyd on Family Law: The Blog

 CAN COLLABORATIVE LAWYERS BE FOUND NEGLIGENT FOR NOT SETTING A TRIAL DATE?  by Rena Chen and Jennifer Lin  In the recent decision Banh v Chrysler, 2022 BCCA 74 (“Banh v Chrysler”)...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2023/05/can-collaborative-lawyers-be-found.html

  PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FAMILY LAW ACT (FLA) Will clarify the law around pets, property and pensions to better meet the modern-day needs of separating couples. Starting now, lawyers ma...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2023/04/proposed-amendments-to-family-law-act.html

  THE 2023 FEDERAL BUDGET MEANS CHANGES TO RESP RULES FOR SEPARATED/DIVORCED COUPLES. By Jennie Weeks Divorced or separated parents can now open a joint RESP. But is this a good idea? At...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-2023-federal-budget-means-changes.html

  FAMILY LAW TAX MATTERS TOOLKIT FOR CLIENTS & LAWYERS by Anonymous In Collaboration with Justice Canada, the Canada Revenue Agency and Finance Canada, the Canadian Bar Association has upda...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2023/03/family-law-tax-matters-toolkit-for.html

 TAX TIPS FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES by Jennie Weeks Did you know that when you receive spousal support, it creates RRSP contribution room! Yes, it's true. It’s considered ‘earned income’...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2023/03/tax-tips-for-separated-families-by.html

  QUALIFYING PAYMENTS FOR SPOUSAL SUPPORT DURING AND AFTER SEPARATION.  by Jennie Weeks QUALIFYING PAYMENTS FOR SPOUSAL SUPPORT DURING AND AFTER SEPARATION. For many couples’ separati...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2023/02/tax-tips-for-separating-families-by.html

  TAX TIPS by Michelle Kooy and Jennie Weeks The unravelling of a relationship often requires the assistance of a legal professional. As tax season approaches, you may want to consider if...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2023/02/tax-tips-by-michelle-kooy-and-jennie.html

  THE CANADA CHILD BENEFIT (CCB) AND SEPARATION by GRAHAM LASCHUK Most people know about the Canada Child Benefit (CCB). It is a monthly, tax-free payment made to low or middle income fami...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-canada-child-benefit-ccb-and.html

  MONEY IS NOT A NUMBERS GAME by Tracy Themes As a financial advisor with a background in psychology, I can tell you with confidence that money is NOT about the numbers. If wealth was ab...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2023/02/money-is-not-numbers-game-by-tracy.html

 SINGLE MOM WITH TEENAGERS – ADVICE ON HOW TO AVOID BECOMING ONE AND TIPS IF YOU ARE! By Renee leNobel There have been memes regarding teenagers before the word “meme” existed.  Th...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2022/12/single-mom-with-teenagers.html

 by Tracy Theemes No one really wants to be left alone, rejected or abandoned. And yet there is a certain inevitability of this happening to us. First of all, the reality is that all partners...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2022/11/beginnings-and-endings.html

TIPS AND PET PEEVES IN COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE  by Sonali Sharma (inspired by Collaborative Divorce Dinner Meeting presentation by Jon Lazar , Collaborative Divorce Lawyer) A successful collab...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2022/09/tips-and-pet-peeves-in-collaborative.html

By Kelsey Antifaeff , Registered Clinical Social Worker & Registered Clinical Counsellor    2022 is upon us and many committed to “Dry January ”, which is an emerging tradition of t...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2022/01/january-2022-assessing-responding-to.html

By Tracy Theemes , Financial Advisor, Financial Planner  People have strong feelings in one direction or the other about cohabitation, marriage and relationship agreements (sometimes referred t...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2022/01/prepare-not-predict.html

The Supreme Court of Canada released their Association de mediation familiale du Quebec v. Bouvier , 2021 SCC 54 decision on December 17, 2021. The SCC looked at whether there is an exception to ...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2021/12/association-de-mediation-familiale-du.html

The CDV was lucky enough to have Forrest “Woody” Mosten conduct a two-day online training titled Unbundling Your Practice for Lawyers and Consensual Dispute Resolution Professionals: To bette...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2021/04/unbundling-your-practice-examples.html

By JAMILA NAZERALI HILBORN MA, RCC, CHILD SPECIALIST & CO-PARENTING/DIVORCE COACH   Since the hit of COVID-19 there has been a surge in my practice in working with adults aged 18-28 as a Chil...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2021/03/do-adult-children-need-child-specialist.html

The Divorce Act amendments from 2019 are finally coming into force on March 1, 2021, after being delayed for almost a year because of the pandemic. The Department of Justice's (DOJ) "Divorce Act...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2021/02/divorce-act-amendments-coming-into.html

BY MARCUS SIXTA, COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE LAWYER, MEDIATOR COVID-19 has laid bare the many vulnerabilities of our justice system. In the first few months of the pandemic, courts were effectively ...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2021/02/collaborative-divorce-and-online.html

By Alyson Jones, MA, RCC, Divorce Coach, Child Specialist, Child & Family Therapist Challenging conversations can actually bring your family closer, as difficult conversations can be opportuni...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2021/02/talking-to-your-kids-about-divorce-most.html

By Patti Daum, Financial Specialist, CPA, CA, CBV As spouses separate, the issue of child and spousal support often becomes an issue, and it may be necessary to measure one or both spouse’s ...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2021/01/impact-of-covid-19-on-guideline-income.html

Our thanks to Hannah M. DeJong of Boughton Law , who has made navigating the coronavirus pandemic easier for separating families by compiling information into a resource guide entitled COVID-19...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2020/04/covid-19-family-law-resources.html

Collaborative Divorce Vancouver Society members Jim Doyle  (Financial Specialist ), Rahul Aggarwal  (Collaborative Family Lawyer ), and Alyson Jones  (Divorce Coach and Child Specialist ) we...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2019/10/collaborative-divorce-vancouver-society.html

The BC Collaborative Roster Society is pleased to confirm that on March 29, 2019, (to come into effect on May 13, 2019) the B.C. legislature passed an order in council to amend the Provincial C...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2019/05/victoria-pilot-project-mandatory.html

The Collaborative Divorce Vancouver Society  recently featured a presentation by Doug Runchey on the factors that go into the analysis of Canada Pension Plan (CPP) credit splitting that he d...

https://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.com/2018/11/canada-pension-plan-credit-splitting.html