Family Law
Our family and divorce lawyers in Maple Ridge, BC offer unmatched legal representation for your family law needs.
Child Custody and Parenting
- Following separation, it can be challenging to navigate raising your children together. Many decisions need to be made surrounding living arrangements, schedules, decision-making for children and financial support.
- CLC Law is committed to assisting you in this journey, ensuring that your children’s best interest is always of utmost importance. Based in the Lower Mainland of BC, we offer legal advice, support and legal representation to assist you obtain a reasonable and fair parenting arrangement.
- CLC Law will assist you regarding: decision-making; Custody and access; Parenting plans and schedules; Extra-curricular activities; and Vacations and holidays.
- CLC Law takes the time to get to know each of their clients personal circumstances, as every family is different, and will work closely with you throughout your legal journey.
Child Support and Spousal Support
- The breakdown of a relationship brings with it new financial struggles and realities for you and your family. Rather than a single household, you now have to navigate having separate homes, assets and accounts. This can be further complicated if one partner was financially dependent on the other.
- At CLC Law our lawyers are dedicated to helping you move forward financially after a divorce or separation. Based in the Lower Mainland of BC, we will evaluate your financial situation and advise you on the applicable child support ranges and/or spousal support eligibility, range of amounts and duration that you may be eligible for.
Property Division
- It can be difficult, both procedurally and emotionally to separate the life that you have built with another person. At CLC Law, we will help alleviate the stress and burden of separating property by providing our clients with their options and solutions to best move forward in their new life. Based in the lower mainland of BC, we help married and common-law separated parties divide their assets and debts related to real property, personal property, accounts, and investments.
- Our legal team will guide you to determine what items should be considered family assets and therefore subject to possible division, and those that should be exempt from division.
- At CLC Law, we focus on finding meaningful solutions that can help you move forward after separation.
Separation Agreements
- It is always best for parties to try and come to an agreement, rather than a Judge deciding matters for them in court. Dealing with the parenting arrangements, custody and parental responsibilities, child support, spousal support, dividing debts, accounts and property - can all be points of contention between parties going through a divorce or separation. Instead of a judge deciding these matters for you in court, you and your former partner can decide for yourselves through a separation agreement what outcomes are the best.
- At CLC Law, our family lawyers are dedicated to assisting you with negotiating and drafting an effective, reasonable separation agreement based on your ultimate goals and the law. Based in the Lower Mainland of BC, our legal team will make sure your agreement is compliant with BC laws and caselaw, is enforceable and legally binding, and protects your interests.
- CLC Law will help you resolve disputes you have with your ex-partner in relation to your separation. We can also assist you with alternative dispute resolution techniques, rather than Court, such as mediation and collaborative family law to help resolve your issue. We will work closely with you to provide you a range of options for how best to proceed with your legal matter.
Divorce
- Assistance with uncontested divorces: The benefit of an uncontested divorce is that you can avoid adversarial and expensive court proceedings to finalize your divorce. However, it is important to you first resolve all other matters, especially those dealing with property, prior to filing your divorce papers. You want to ensure that your agreement protects your interests, both in the present and the future.
- CLC Law will review the terms of your separation agreement and help you resolve any shortcomings or pitfalls before we submit your divorce paperwork. While many people believe that if there are no major conflicts or disputes upon separation in relation to their assets etc. they can proceed with a divorce without any issues. However, there are often additional issues that need to be included in the negotiations now in order to save major conflicts, headaches, time and money in the future. Often lawyers can identify issues that you may not have considered. It is important to get advice and be informed of your rights and obligations.
- We help separated clients move forward and finalize their divorce proceedings, quickly and efficiently.
Family Violence and Protection
- Your family’s safety is of utmost importance and your number one priority. At CLC Law we understand this an will provide legal advise for situations which involve family violence. We will identify any major concerns that you have upon meeting with you and provide possible options if there appears to be a need for an emergency protection order, a conduct order or a restraining order. We will also assist you if you have been served with any of these documents and need to respond.
- Protection orders are granted by the Courts to deal with situations such as domestic violence or threats of violence. Family violence situations may also result in child welfare investigations or involvement. This can give rise to complicated legal proceedings. We understand how to navigate these complex multi-faceted legal matters. We urge you to retain legal counsel to help you with these situations.
- At CLC Law, we will assess your situation and discuss the legal options you have at your disposal.
- Our legal team understands sensitive legal matters flowing from family violence or allegations of violence. Based in the Lower mainland of BC, we have the experience needed to navigate these sensitive court issues, on either side of the table.
Contact Us!
CLC Law is a top-rated law firm serving clients throughout the lower mainland. Our primary service areas within the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley are Maple Ridge, Port-Coquitlam, Abbotsford, Surrey, Chilliwack, North Vancouver, and New Westminster. Please fill out the form and one of our representatives will reach out to you as soon as possible.
