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Representation Agreements in BC | TLG Blog
When most people think of estate planning, they focus on wills, trusts, and how to pass on their...
Digital Assets and Estate Planning: What You Need to Know
Estate planning today goes beyond real estate, bank accounts, and personal belongings. A growing...
Be Honest
Today’s blog is simple advice. Directed at anyone experiencing on-going family law disputes involving children. But if you take it, and follow it, I believe you will be pleasantly surprised with the results. Before I give it let’s take a step back. If you’re a parent...
Sleepless Nights
At least twice this past week I was talking with someone about an agreement that they had apparently reached with their former spouse, and they wanted to know about “getting it notarized”. Apparently, both believed that having their agreement notarized somehow made...
Limitless?
The name of today’s blog is a sci-fi movie, starring Bradley Cooper, (who I regularly confuse with Ryan Reynolds), but I digress. The movie involves Brad consuming a unique pill which enhances his cognitive abilities to such a degree as becoming potentially...
Kitchen Table Divorce – Legal Prescription – Self Care
Just came across an article written by somebody who received a gloomy cancer diagnosis. She made the point that her specialist and GP were excited to meet with her because of the rarity, and seriousness, of her diagnosis. Thankfully she survives to this day, with life...
Shock and AWE
If you happen to be involved, or about to be, in the family law system I know how you’re feeling. Lost, overwhelmed, intimidated, stressed, and that’s before finding out the unaffordable cost of retaining a family lawyer. Now, add the fact that your ex has retained a...
COVID 19 Divorce
Masks are a highly recommended deterrent to the health related symptoms of Covid-19, but a poor deterrent to the consequences of another family related symptom of Covid-19, namely Covid-Divorce. Much has been written about an apparent up-tick in separations, and...
Marriage is grand. Divorce is fifty grand
There’s a saying that “Marriage is grand. Divorce is fifty grand.” But does it have to be that way? That’s one of the reasons I came up with the phrase, “Kitchen Table Divorce”. I would like to think that the” kitchen table” part of the phrase evokes for many people...
Divorce Father Son Re-union
These past many months have been frustrating for both myself and my client, a separated father of a 7 year son. I won’t be using any names to protect their privacy. Frustrating, for the father because his son has apparently decided to have nothing to do with him, and...
Divorce GOT MEDIATION?
It happened twice this week, and despite my continuing efforts to combat the misunderstandings, it will inevitably happen again. People who simply believe all they need to do to settle their family law matters is to retain a mediator to start and finish the necessary...