Divorce Lawyer
DIVORCE LAWYER IN NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Divorce is never a pleasant experience, and in fact, it is often more complex than anticipated. Fortunately, Valerie's skill and experience can help ease some of your stress that often accompanies a divorce. Our divorce lawyer listens attentively to your situation to ascertain what our rights and obligations. Contact us to speak with our divorce lawyer in New Westminster, BC.by phone or in person.
Comprehensive Family Law Solutions
Valerie offers extensive family law services throughout B.C. Below are the family law services she handles:
Adoption lawyer: Facilitates legal adoption processes for step-parents, relatives, or private adoptions, in compliance with BC adoption law.
Child support lawyer: Assists in calculating, establishing, and enforcing child support obligations in accordance with the Federal Child Support Guidelines.
Agreements lawyer: Prepares binding family law agreements, including separation, cohabitation, and prenuptial agreements, tailored to legal requirements.
Collaborative divorce lawyer: Guides clients through a collaborative divorce process and aims to resolve issues without going to court.
Emergency orders: Provides legal support for urgent applications involving safety, parenting, or preservation of property.
Grandparent rights: Represents grandparents seeking primary care or visitation rights with grandchildren under the Family Law Act.
Guardianship lawyer: Advises on establishing or clarifying legal guardianship, decision-making responsibilities, and parental rights.
Help for DIY: Offers limited legal guidance for clients managing their own proceedings, including document review and procedural direction.
Legal separation lawyer: Drafts separation agreements and explains statutory obligations following the end of a relationship.
Divorce: Manages the full divorce process, including preparation, filing, and representation for both contested and uncontested cases.
Separation agreement: Drafts clear agreements covering financial, parenting, and property matters to avoid future disputes.
Property division: Provides guidance on identifying, valuing, and fairly distributing family property and debts.
Prenuptial agreement: Prepares agreements establishing financial arrangements and asset division prior to marriage.
Cohabitation agreement: Draft agreements for unmarried couples defining property, support, and financial responsibilities during and after cohabitation.
Uncontested divorce: Handles divorce cases where both parties agree on all matters, ensuring procedural compliance and a quick resolution.
Mediation: Supports clients during mediation sessions to reach legally enforceable agreements outside court.
Grey divorce: Provides legal assistance for divorces involving long-term marriages, pensions, retirement assets, and later-life financial planning.
High-net-worth divorce: Addresses complex divorces involving significant assets, businesses, trusts, and investment portfolios.
Spousal support: Advises on eligibility, calculates support amounts, and assists in negotiating or enforcing spousal support obligations.
Contested divorce: Represents clients in disputes over parenting, support, or property when issues cannot be resolved without litigation.
Divorce Process Steps with a Divorce Lawyer
Here are the common steps lawyers for divorce follow:
Initial consultation: During this one-hour visit, your divorce lawyer in New Westminster will evaluate your situation and advise you on divorce proceedings by reviewing the facts and documents related to your case.
Notice of Family Claim filing: This is the document needed to officially dissolve a marriage. It contains basic information about both spouses and must cite the grounds for divorce.
Service of process: The person you are divorcing is “served” with the official paperwork to legalize your divorce by our own dedicated process server.
Response: The opposing party files a Response to the family claim if the divorce is contested and may file a Counterclaim.
Conferences, negotiation, and settlement: Lawyers will negotiate and attempt to reach an amicable settlement out of court or, if the option exists, attend a Judicial Case Conference before a judge in the Supreme Court in an effort to resolve some or all of the outstanding legal issues. Your divorce attorney in New Westminster will work to secure the belongings and possessions that are most important to you.
Trial management conference: This meeting is to ensure your case is ready for trial.
Trial: A judge rules on all issues in dispute and renders a final decision after hearing all in person evidence and submissions of counsel.
Get in Touch
Valerie M. Little's law office is located in New Westminster, and she also serves clients from Burnaby, Coquitlam, Langley, and Maple Ridge. She will handle all of the paperwork necessary to obtain a divorce so that you can focus on your life. Call Valerie M. Little Law Corporation today to get your divorce finalized as quickly as possible.
Valerie M. Little Law Corporation is centrally located in New Westminster and serves the surrounding areas of Burnaby, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Cloverdale, Delta, Langley, Tri-Cities, the Lower Mainland, Squamish, and Whistler.