Areas of Practice
Divorce and Separation
Divorces can be complicated. A knowledgeable lawyer can help guide you through all the matters that must be settled and make sure all appropriate legal paperwork is processed and filed.
Custody Arrangements
Custody arrangements can involve emotional negotiations about where children live, visitation rights, and in some cases termination of parental rights. Strong legal advice is crucial to make sure your rights are properly protected.
Adoption
I can help you with all areas of adoption law. Whether you are a young couple welcoming a new member to your family, step-parents, or birth parents seeking legal advice.
Property division
Whether you are married or living common-law, property division can be emotionally taxing and technically complex. I try to guide my clients through these difficult situations as quickly, and painlessly as possible.
Child welfare
I can be there to help you deal with the authorities and navigate the legal difficulties in cases where children have been taken by social services, or there are concerns about the child's safety at home.
Retail real estate law
I am experienced in all areas of retail real estate law. I can help you with buying or selling a house, negotiating a new mortgage, and refinancing old mortgages.
Spousal and child support
I can help my clients negotiate spousal support where its appropriate, and guide them through all the tricky areas of child support, including living arrangements, determination of parental income, etc.
Grandparents' rights
When grandparents' are worried about a child's safety, or they have lost contact with a child, they are not helpless. I am here to advise grandparents about their rights and available options.
estate planning
My clients' personal and financial well being is important to me. I offer all kinds of estate planning services. I can help draft or modify wills, set-up or dissolve trusts, etc.