We assist clients in all family, relationship and domestic dispute scenarios. Our expertise ranges from high-conflict or emergent situations to the amicable dissolution of relationships. We manage high net worth income and property equalization, as well as families who are in difficult financial circumstances.

We advise on the preparation of agreements that help define and organize cohabitating and married couples who wish to avoid future problems by creating Prenuptial or Cohabitation agreements. We assist clients in all necessary areas of the new life they are evolving towards. We work with clients to ensure their Wills and Powers of Attorneys meet the needs of their sometimes complex lives, and any Corporate and commercial interests are properly managed through transition.

Our focus in marriage or relationship Separation is always firm but constructive and settlement centered. We canvass with our clients all aspects of their new lives and sometimes challenging circumstances, and we work with them to structure settlement scenarios that will avoid the expense and strife of contested court proceedings. We advise our client using all assets at our disposal including; out of court meetings, mediation, professional counselling and assessment if necessary, especially if there are children involved.

If contested proceedings are necessary we have extensive experience with the processes of the Court of Queen’s Bench, the Provincial court and the Court of Appeal of Manitoba. We have acted in all areas of court document drafting whether it is Application or Petition based, through any necessary Motions, Case Conferences, arrears hearings, property references and Trials.

We assist clients in circumstances of involving child protection agencies and other third party entities who become involved with your family.