The leading case on parental alienation remains the case of Williamson v. Williamson 2016 BCCA 87 and has been referred to in over 100 cases by courts in BC, Ontario, Alberta, and Yukon.
The appeal case arose from a chambers decision
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Georgialee Lang has practiced as a trial and appellate lawyer in Vancouver, Canada for 30 years. She has been blessed with great clients, wonderful colleagues and exceptional cases. Her website is at georgialeelang.com. Her present focus is on appeal work, litigation strategy, arbitration, mediation and writing legal and political pieces.
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Ground-Breaking Covid Decision in Family Law
What can I say about Mr. Justice Pazaratz that has not already been said by others? There is no doubt that he “can be counted on to tell it like it is”; is “thoughtful and child-focused”; and is “known for his…
Standard of Review Remains Elusive in Family Law Arbitrations
Family law arbitration continues to find acceptance in British Columbia, although its welcome has been a slow, albeit steady trajectory. One of the benefits of arbitration is its private nature, and lawyers and arbitrators only hear of this alternative dispute…
Can a Child Custody Expert Perform Dual Roles: Assessor and Mediator?
Can a child custody expert retained to provide an assessment of the children and their parents, modify his or her role during an arbitration where he is the expert, and put on the additional hat of mediator? That is the…
Retroactive Support Ordered by the Appeal Court Despite 10-Year Delay
The Legges were together for eight and a half years before they separated in 2010. During their relationship, Cheryl Legge withdrew from university to support her husband Russell Legge’s training as a heavy-duty mechanic and relocated with him several times…
Unmeritorious Claim Drawn Out by Exploiting Rules of Court
There seems to be a plethora of cases where unwitting parents transfer the legal title of real estate to their son or daughter, only to be caught up in costly and time-consuming litigation when their adult child separates from…
KEEPING IT OUT OF COURT: Dispute Resolution for the Family Business
A. INTRODUCTION
A source of great pride for many families is their multi-generational family business, a complex, dynamic organism that combines familial and business components. Unfortunately, the family business can slide into dysfunction when issues arise that would be foreign…
Family Arbitration: Jurisdiction and Self-Reps
With the September 2020 amendments to British Columbia’s Family Law Act, family arbitration provisions that were once found in the Arbitration Act RSBC 1996 c. 55 are now incorporated into B.C.’s family law legislation and judicial decisions under the new…
Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice to Deceive
Mehran Taherkhani and Rosa Donna Este were married in July 2004. Shortly before their marriage they entered into a handwritten agreement that provided that all property owned by each of them would remain the separate property of the owner, and…
A PARENT’S WORST NIGHTMARE: INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION
Child abduction is the worst kind of child abuse. To wrongfully remove a child from his or her primary parent is the ultimate weapon used by a warring parent. This truism is amply displayed in the case of Y.Q.…