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Divorce Settlement Marital Assets

Divorce is the formal legal dissolution of a marriage. The divorce process implicates many diverse areas of the law including, but not limited to, real estate, wills and trusts, child custody, and tax.
Cozen O'Connor

Case Spotlight: Schrader v. Schrader and Setting Aside Separation Agreements

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In Schrader v. Schrader, 2025 BCCA 50 (Schrader v. Schrader), Mr. Schrader argued that his ex-spouse was bound to a previously agreed separation agreement. The BC Court of Appeal rejected Mr. Schrader's argument and upheld...more

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Can’t We All Just Get Along? – Choosing to Litigate Your Family Matter Does Not Mean Trial Is Your Only Option

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Your spouse, former spouse, or former partner comes to you and proposes that you resolve your divorce, financial, or custody dispute through the Collaborative process (a formal arrangement to resolve your matter without any...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

Managing Spousal Claims to Business Profits in Divorce

For restaurant owners, divorce can pose unique challenges—especially when it comes to dividing business assets and profits. Unlike other marital assets, a restaurant is often a personal passion and a critical source of...more

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BC Court of Appeal Clarifies the Appropriate Approach to Tracing Co-Mingled Property

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In the recent case of Mills v. O’Connor, 2025 BCCA 34, the BC Court of Appeal offered some fresh insight on the relatively new and unsettled area of tracing property under the Family Law Act (the FLA). Under the FLA, the...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

What to Expect at a Final Hearing in a Domestic Relations Lawsuit

You’ve done all the hard work in your divorce or dissolution action. You’ve exchanged any requisite documents and other discovery, made a full and complete disclosure of all your assets, liabilities and income, and completed...more

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Divorce ‘not on cards’ for Sean Dunne and Gayle Killilea

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The international fraud case Coan et al. v. Dunne et al. emerged when Sean Dunne transferred hundreds of millions of euros to his ex-wife, Gayle Killilea, characterizing these transfers as gifts motivated by love and...more

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New York Takes a Progressive Step with Uncontested Joint Divorce

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On January 31, 2025, the Chief Administrative Judge of the State of New York announced an inventive pilot program designed to change how the court system processes divorces, introducing the concept of "uncontested joint...more

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Yes, A Court can Enjoin a Party From Pursuing Litigation in Another Jurisdiction

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Sometimes people do what is called forum shopping and file a law suit in another jurisdiction, if not another country, because they believe that the laws will be more favorable to them. Sometimes they even file someplace else...more

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Will a personal injury settlement get divided during a divorce?

What is Personal Injury Settlement? Often there are injuries caused to a person by reason of an accident. If you have been in an accident caused by a third party’s mistake or negligence, which has left you injured, you may...more

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Is Collaborative Divorce Worth The Cost

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Some wonder whether collaborative divorce is worth the cost. In other words, when they contemplate collaborative practice and the enlistment of a collaborative team, they see the potential for having to pay various...more

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When Should You Turn Down a Billion Dollars?

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Oil tycoon Harold Hamm and his now ex-wife, Sue Ann Arnall – whose divorce we have written about before – were involved in one of the largest and nastiest divorces in US history. Just last week, Mr. Hamm sent Ms. Arnall a...more

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