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Congratulations to Trudi Brown! Family Law Expert
Congratulations to our very own, Trudi Brown! Trudi L. Brown, K.C., has been chosen by her peers out of all of the family lawyers in British Columbia to be the first ever recipient of the Law Society of British Columbia’s Excellence in Family Law Award. With her 45...
Strategic Planning for Family Law Clients
Brown Henderson Melbye is a Victoria-based family law firm where experience and innovation live. Led by firm partners Trudi L. Brown, Q.C., with 45 years’ of experience, Kay Melbye and Shauna Tucker, each with more than 20 years’ of experience, our team of six lawyers...
Annual General Meeting of the International Academy of Family Lawyers– September 2017 in Reykavik, Iceland
The International Academy of Family Lawyers is an organization of senior experienced family lawyers from around the world. There are three meetings a year; the European Chapter, the Canadian/US Chapter and the International AGM. At this meeting, there was a very...
Courts can Reduce Child Support Arrears, Supreme Court Decides
In Colucci v Colucci, 2021 SCC 24, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that courts can reduce child support arrears if a parent was asked to pay too much in the past or if they cannot currently pay. The court set high standards for parents seeking to prove financial...
Vary Child Support Order Retroactively if Income is Understated Says Highest Court
Canada's highest court decided in Michel v. Graydon, 2020 SCC 24 that if you understate your income for a child support order you run the risk a court will later retroactively vary child support based on your actual income and order you to pay a hefty sum. And,...
Collaborative Law Group Offers Low Cost Legal Services
Low cost Collaborative Family Law is available to Victoria Families whose family income is less than $75,000 and family property is less than $100,000. The Society for Collaborative Family Separation Professionals (CFSP) in partnership with the BC Collaborative...