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How is child support calculated if I’m a business owner?

September 25, 2017

All the money that you take from the company for personal use is considered income for the purposes of determining child support. What is tricky ...

Surface Rights

How Comparable Surface Rights Agreements Help to Determine the Proper Level of Compensation

September 22, 2017

Before I start to explain how comparable agreements can help to determine the proper level of compensation a landowner is ...

Surface Rights

16 Reasons Why a Right-of-Entry Order is Better than a Surface Lease or Easement

September 22, 2017

Once an agreement on location and compensation is reached with the operator, I advise my clients that a Right-of-Entry Order issued by the Surface Rights ...

Immigration

Things You MUST do to Increase Your Chance of Getting Your Express Entry Application (eAPR) Filed Properly

April 28, 2017

One of the biggest changes that occurred when Express Entry(EE) was released back on January 1, 2015 was the ruthless approach that Immigration, Refugees, and ...

Immigration

Can I qualify for Express Entry if I am a low wage / low skill worker in Canada?

April 21, 2017

Here is one of the most common questions I get related to Express Entry: I am a foreign worker in ...

Family & Divorce

Pre-nups or Cohab Agreements: Benefits for married or non-married couples

April 6, 2017

I’m beginning to think that my computer believes I’m getting divorced. Being a lawyer who practices a lot of family ...

Agriculture

2017 Farm Succession Seminar Planned for Brooks in March

February 17, 2017

Wanting to preserve and pass down your farm, but not sure how do it? Or, considering taking over the farm ...

Business

Are you Certain Who you are Dealing with in your Business Transaction?

December 14, 2015

Have you entered into a distribution agreement for your product and/or service with an individual that decides to assign that ...

Criminal

Going on a Trip to the States Soon? Five Tips for Crossing the Border back into Canada

November 12, 2015

Despite the many differences between Lethbridge, Alberta and Whitehorse, Yukon (my first home as a lawyer), a constant seems to ...