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 →
Common Law Commotion
What is a “Common-Law” Relationship in BC? At the Kushner Law Group in Vancouver BC, we regularly receive inquiries from people in British Columbia that are confused about their legal rights in areas of family law and estate law. One of the most common areas of confusion is what exactly constitutes a “common-law” relationship. Some people believe that living in the …Read more →
Cohabitation Agreements in Wills Variation Claims
BC Supreme Court on Cohabitation Agreements BC Wills Variation Claims In British Columbia, under both the Wills Estates and Succession Act (“WESA”) and the Family Law Act, common law spouses are afforded the same protections as married spouses and have the standing to bring law suits to vary wills if they believe that they have not been treated fairly by their deceased partner. …Read more →