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Working with you through Covid-19 Concerns: Ongoing
As COVID-19 evolves in our community, Brown Henderson Melbye is working with you through Covid-19 concerns that affect you and your family. We are also striving to maintain our highest service levels and uphold the health and safety of our clients, our team, their...
Estate Planning Services
Covid-19 has caused many people to think about estate planning, and we can help you get your affairs in order. What if something happens to you? What do you need? Maybe this has caused you some sleepless nights recently. Essential Estate Planning Documents Maybe...
Court Weighs in on Co-parenting and Covid-19
Many families are struggling with co-parenting and Covid-19 challenges. Even families who have never been to court before are seeking the Court's help in this unprecedented time. Essential workers in particular, are being dragged into court to defend their right to...
Saskatchewan Court Rules on Family Vaccination Dispute
The Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan decided in O.M.S. v. E.J.S., 2021 SKQB 243 that the 12-year-old daughter of divorced Saskatoon parents should be allowed to receive a Covid-19 vaccine. This was the court's first ruling on a family vaccination dispute during...
Courts can Reduce Child Support Arrears, Supreme Court Decides
In Colucci v Colucci, 2021 SCC 24, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that courts can reduce child support arrears if a parent was asked to pay too much in the past or if they cannot currently pay. The court set high standards for parents seeking to prove financial...
Vary Child Support Order Retroactively if Income is Understated Says Highest Court
Canada's highest court decided in Michel v. Graydon, 2020 SCC 24 that if you understate your income for a child support order you run the risk a court will later retroactively vary child support based on your actual income and order you to pay a hefty sum. And,...