BHM Happenings, Events, Images, News
A few of our team members took the opportunity to switch out their lawyer hats for a different kind of hat… Kay, Shauna, Sam de Wit and Sam Rappoport attended the Mad Hatters Ball, a fund raiser for the Boys and Girls Club at Bear Mountain on March 11, 2017....
Children, Family Law, Information, News
In British Columbia the law is that pets in family law disputes are considered “chattels”. That means they are considered as just another piece of property to be divided between the parties. In fact, pets are often considered to be members of the family and...
Article, Children, Family Law, Information, News
Medical Services Plan (BC) – As of January 1, 2017, there are no longer premiums payable for children under the age of 19 or for dependent post-secondary students (this can include a student enrolled in full-time studies at a trade school, technical school or...
Articles, Family Law, Feature, Information, News
Spousal support can be payable to you or your spouse when your marriage or marriage-like relationship ends. However, entitlement to receive spousal support is not automatic. It must first be determined. There are three ways to determine entitlement to support. One,...
Articles, Children, Family Law, Feature, Information, News, People
On June 8, 2017 the Canadian Bar Association’s Family Law Section and the Canadian Research Institute for Law and Family released a new successful parenting toolkit titled “Successfully Parenting Apart”. While designed for Canadian family law lawyers, it is intended...
BHM Happenings, Events, Family Law, Information, News, People
On February 23, 2017 two members of our BHM team, Trudi Brown and Shauna Tucker, were invited to be guest speakers and shared their knowledge at the monthly Victoria Legal Support Staff Association (VLSA) meeting. As Family Day has recently passed, the VLSA members...