Plain-language BC legal updates from Andrew Liggett — family law, estate planning, and proactive legal tips. No jargon, no spam.
Family law in British Columbia changes more often than most people realise. A new court ruling on parenting arrangements, a revision to the child support guidelines, an update to how property is divided after a long marriage — these are not abstract policy developments. They are shifts that affect what a separating parent owes each month, whether a family home can be kept, and how quickly a resolution can be reached. For the families navigating these questions, being even slightly behind on the law can be costly. This newsletter exists to close that gap. Each issue translates what is actually happening in BC family law into plain language so that readers arrive at legal consultations better prepared and better protected.
Mediation and out-of-court resolution are also a recurring theme throughout the newsletter. Andrew Liggett is a trained mediator as well as a litigator, and he has long held the view that most BC families — and their children — are better served by a negotiated resolution than by a contested court process. Each issue helps readers understand what mediation can and cannot do, how to prepare for it, and how to recognise when it is the right path. That practical, prevention-first orientation is what distinguishes this newsletter from the kind of alarming legal content designed to generate anxiety rather than understanding. Subscribers consistently tell us that it leaves them feeling more capable of handling what is in front of them — which is precisely the point.
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