Written by: Kevin Heinrichs (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: April 29, 2020
The Supreme Court of British Columbia is slowly opening its doors again to regular applications for family law files. On March 27, 2020, the court initially shut down for all but urgent application due to COVID-19 health and safety concerns. [...read full post]
Categorized: COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Family Court.
Written by: Nicole Aren (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: March 3, 2017
One of the most daunting tasks a lawyer can assign a client is the completion of a Form 8 Financial Statement (in the case of a Provincial Court action, this is called a Form 4 Financial Statement). The Form 8 [...read full post]
Categorized: British Columbia, Family Court, Income, Procedure.
Written by: Virginia Richards (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: April 14, 2016
Intimate partners are expert in knowing how to push each other’s pain points, and when a separation turns into a legal action, it can be difficult to resist the urge to provide evidence of every embarrassing fact or salacious detail [...read full post]
Categorized: Family Court, Uncategorised.
Written by: Kevin Heinrichs (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: July 14, 2015
On July 7, 2015, the Supreme Court of BC gave judgment on K.T. v. D.C.P., 2015 BCSC 1179, a family case involving two self-represented litigants and, in my view, a clear call for increased funding to Legal Aid BC. The [...read full post]
Categorized: Case Analysis, Child Support, Commentary, Costs, Divorce, Family Court, Procedure.
Written by: Kevin Heinrichs (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: September 8, 2014
Any BC Family Lawyer who has worked with the BC Supreme Court Family Rules for any length of time understands and has likely experienced that there is often a disconnect between those Rules and the actual practice of family law. [...read full post]
Categorized: Family Court, Legislation Analysis.