At VB Bali Law, we employ a holistic and comprehensive approach to family law, ensuring our clients receive the best possible outcomes while keeping legal costs reasonable. Our services include:
- Divorce: Legal assistance for contested and uncontested divorces, including claims for equalization.
- Decision-Making/Parenting Time: Guidance through custody and access disputes, focusing on the best interests of the children.
- Child Support: Legal aid in determining and negotiating child support payments, considering various complexities.
- Spousal Support: Expert advice on entitlement and obligations related to spousal support.
Family Law
Our legal family lawyer team understands the complexities and sensitivities involved in family law cases. We offer comprehensive legal services in all aspects of family law, ensuring our clients receive the best possible outcomes.
Real Estate
As a leading real estate law firm, we provide expert legal services for purchasing and selling residential and commercial properties, refinancing, and more. Trust VB Bali Law for all your real estate legal needs.
Wills & Estates
VB Bali Law is ready to tackle any challenges in wills and estates. We offer personalized legal aid to ensure your assets are protected and your estate is managed according to your wishes.
Child Welfare
We provide robust legal solutions for parents or guardians facing child protection proceedings, ensuring the best possible outcomes for your family.
Once you have made the difficult decision to end your marriage, the next step is to make it legal by obtaining a divorce. Valid grounds for divorce in Canada include:
Living separate and apart for at least a year;
Adultery; and
Physical or mental cruelty
A divorce can be either contested or uncontested depending on the circumstances. Obtaining a divorce can be expensive and complicated depending on your situation.
Even a simple divorce may trigger other considerations such as limitation periods for certain claims. For example, you are required to make a claim for equalizations within 2 years of the divorce being granted or within 6 years of the separation. Otherwise, you may not be able to obtain this relief. It is important to consult a lawyer who can help you navigate the process and obtain the best results for you.
Dealing with custody and access disputes can be a stressful and daunting experience for most parents. The best interests of the children are always the most paramount consideration. Having a lawyer guide you through the various options and strategies is important. At VB Bali Law we strive to work with each of our clients to determine what is most important to them and get parents the best results possible.
Decision-Making and Parenting plans occur in the larger context of a family’s cultural and religious life. Our multi-cultural team of lawyers understand your cultural needs and contexts to help you better.
Child support is the right of the child. It is not for either parent but rather to benefit the child, even if it is being paid to one parent. Child support is generally determined by the income of the payor parent and the number of children. If you are entitled to support and obligated to pay support, you can determine the amount here.
A number of factors can make child support issues more complex such as where the payor parent is self-employed, has chosen not to work, earns some portion of their income in cash or where the children reside almost equally with both parents. It is important to consult a lawyer to discuss these issues more thoroughly. Child support may further be complicated if both parents live in different provinces or countries and income is earned in different currencies.
Spousal support are payments made by one party to the other after separation. There are generally three grounds on which on party may be entitled to spousal support from the other including:
- Compensatory factors
- Non-compensatory factors (needs based)
- Contractual
It is important to speak to a lawyer to determine if you have an obligation to pay or are entitled to receive spousal support. See the following for more information on spousal support (link to blog post on this issue).