Video: Family Violence

Connect Family Law lawyer and mediator Rebecca Stanley discusses the broad definition of family violence, why it is relevant to parenting decisions and the criminal and non-criminal options you have if you face family violence.

Marriage

New Year's Resolutions for healthier, happier relationships in 2020

As a family law lawyer, Mahshid Hoseini hears many stories of how relationships soured. Here are some of the recurring themes, and possible New Year's resolutions to make your relationships healthier in 2020

Marriage

Re-partnering and Marriage Agreements

It’s true that a major part of our work at Connect involves helping people who are at the end of a relationship. However, there’s more to family law than separation and divorce.

Marriage

Moving In Together? Consider a Cohab

With the cost of living constantly on the rise (particularly in BC’s Lower Mainland), more couples are moving in together, perhaps sooner than they anticipated, as a way to save money. If you’re in this position, consider a cohabitation agreement.

Marriage

Protecting Your Assets Upon Relationship Breakdown

To help protect your interest in family assets upon relationship breakdown, you first have to know what the assets are and where they are located. Second, you should consider what assets may be divided under theFamily Relations Act (referred to...

Marriage

Do Men Have A Voice In The Debate On Work-Life Balance?

The voice of men has been noticeably absent from the debate on work-life balance and the new economic realities of families. While women struggle with their traditional role as the “homemaker” and the emotional and financial consequences of...

Marriage

What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas…Unless You Get Married

(Originally posted May 2012. Updated April 2016.) Like all good love stories, this one starts in the wee hours of the morning at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. A man and a woman (both Canadian residents), having known each other...

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Marriage

Video: Family Violence

New Year's Resolutions for healthier, happier relationships in 2020

Re-partnering and Marriage Agreements

Moving In Together? Consider a Cohab

Protecting Your Assets Upon Relationship Breakdown

Do Men Have A Voice In The Debate On Work-Life Balance?

What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas…Unless You Get Married

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