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Zahra Jenab
Lawyer Jenab & Company, Law Corporation 312 – 545 Clyde Avenue West Vancouver, BC V7T 1C5 T: (604) 925-6005 F: (604) 925-6007 E: zjenab@jenablaw.com W: www.jenablaw.com Fees: $225 per hour, and fixed fees for reports may be negotiable if appropriate Zahra has always had a deeply rooted interest in non-adversarial resolution of issues, and her … Continue reading Zahra Jenab
Paul Jacks
Social Work and Mediation Skyline Consulting and Mediation Services Box 891 Abbotsford, BC Tel: (604) 864-6166 or (604) 853-0622 Fax: (604) 853-0620 Email: skyline10@shaw.ca Fee: $175.00 per hour Paul Jacks is a member in good standing of the BC Association of Social Workers, and Mediate BC in both the Civil and Family Rosters, and Hear … Continue reading Paul Jacks
Arlene H Henry, KC
Mediator, Lawyer, Instructor & Parenting Coordinator Arlene H. Henry Law Corporation Vancouver, BC Tel: (604) 451-4072 Fax: (604) 451-4097 Email: ahhlaw@telus.net Web: www.ahhlaw.ca Fees: Variable; dependent on number of children Arlene is a lawyer in private practice based in the Metro Vancouver area for more than 35 years. Arlene has focussed her family and … Continue reading Arlene H Henry, KC
Michael Elterman PhD, MBA, R.Psych.
Clinical and Forensic Psychologist Clinical-Forensic Psychology Practice Registered in BC and Alberta Fellow: American College of Forensic Psychology Dr. Michael F. Elterman Inc. 302 – 3641 West 28th Avenue Vancouver, BC V6S 1S3 T: (604) 222-4057 F: (604) 266-2898 E: DrElterman@shaw.ca Fee: $300 per hour Dr. Elterman has been in practice for 30 years in … Continue reading Michael Elterman PhD, MBA, R.Psych.
Meena Dhillon
Lawyer and Registered Social Worker MD Law 2300 – 2850 Shaughnessy Street Port Coquitlam, BC T: 604-941-1234 F: 1-888-655-1704 E: meena@meenadhillon.ca W: meenadhillon.ca Fees: Flexible and based on the number of children Education: B.A, B.S.W., L.L.B Meena has been working with children and families as a child protection social worker since 2001 and as lawyer … Continue reading Meena Dhillon
BC Court of Appeal Finds Trial Judge Failed to Give Appropriate Consideration to Child’s View
BC Court of Appeal finds trial judge failed to give appropriate consideration to child’s view. In Stav v Stav, 2012 BCCA 154, court relies on views of the child contained in Report prepared by Roster Member. See specific discussion at paragraphs 67 to 79 of the April 5, 2012 judgement. Read the full case at … Continue reading BC Court of Appeal Finds Trial Judge Failed to Give Appropriate Consideration to Child’s View
BC Hear the Child Society Submits Final Report to the Vancouver Foundation
The BC Hear the Child Society submits its final report to the Vancouver Foundation as funder of the Hear the Child Education Project. Read the Final Report.
Review parenting plans biannually to consider child’s views?
The following article appeared in the New York Times. OPINION In Whose Best Interests? By RUTH BETTELHEIM Published: May 19, 2012 IN divorced families, whose needs count for more: those of parents or those of children? Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber When parents divorce, their child custody plans are supposed to place the “best interests … Continue reading Review parenting plans biannually to consider child’s views?
Ontario Developing Guidelines on Listening to Children
Canadian Lawyer Magazine recently published an article about developing guidelines for judges in Ontario who meet with and interview children in family law. Sometimes young people want to speak directly to a judge in family law cases. With this in mind, in 2010 Suzanne Williams from IICRD and an advisor to the BC Hear the … Continue reading Ontario Developing Guidelines on Listening to Children
BC’s Family-Law Changes are Long Overdue
Read Trudi Brown’s article in the Victoria Times Colonist where she discusses the “three bombshells” of the proposed Family Law Act.