Considering Cohabitation Agreements – Vancouver Family Law Lawyers
At the Kushner Law Group, we handle various types of estate litigation and family law litigation claims on a regular basis. In some ways, these two practice areas intersect as they often deal with disputes that can be grounded in family dynamics. One of the common threads throughout many of these cases is that much of the acrimony, and cost, …Read more →
Two Issues That Can Cancel Cohabitation Agreements
Understanding B.C. Cohabitation Agreements Significant Unfairness & Voidable Reason at Common In part 1 of this Cohabitation Agreements in B.C. series, we considered two of the common reasons why cohabitation agreements may be set aside by the Courts in B.C. – lack of independent legal advice and inadequate financial disclosure. Section 93 of the Family Act provides the statutory basis to set aside …Read more →
Cracking Open Cohabitation Agreements
Importance of Cohabitation Agreements Under the still relatively new British Columbia Family Law Act, two people who live together in a marriage-like relationship for two years are considered to be spouses under the law. This grants them the same rights and imposes the same obligations as couples who have married. This can be problematic in cities such as Vancouver where …Read more →