Trusted Family Law Experts and Professional Lawyers in Surrey, BC.
- Responsive, caring lawyers who keep you informed throughout the divorce process.
- Lawyers who look out for your best interests, crafting settlement offers when appropriate and fighting for you in court if necessary.
- High net worth and farm divorce specialists who protect your wealth and the value of your assets.
- Experience tackling complex child custody, child support, and child access issues.
- Get help securing fair spousal support and monthly maintenance arrangements.
- Our lawyers have a real estate law and business law backgrounds, which means that we can offer more sophisticated solutions than many of our competitors.
- Get support for the entire divorce process, start-to-finish.
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Trusted family law experts and professional attorneys in Surrey, BC.
- Responsive, caring lawyers who keep you informed throughout the divorce process.
- Lawyers who look out for your best interests, crafting settlement offers when appropriate and fighting for you in court if necessary.
- High net worth and farm divorce specialists who protect your wealth and the value of your assets.
- Experience tackling complex child custody, child support, and child access issues.
- Get help securing fair spousal support and monthly maintenance arrangements.
- Our lawyers have a real estate law and business law backgrounds, which means that we can offer more sophisticated solutions than many of our competitors.
- Get support for the entire divorce process, start-to-finish.
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Decades of experience. A track record of results.
Decades of experience means you get options and solutions for your support.
When you need sophisticated legal solutions for complex divorce problems, our team is here to help. Our attorneys have decades of experience, which means we know exactly how to help you protect your wealth, obtain fair settlements, and protect your interests in court. We help business owners, entrepreneurs, farmers, and innovators retain control of their companies, protect their intellectual property, and secure their financial futures.
We can help you understand the likely best case and worst case in each scenario, which saves you time and gives you a framework for negotiation and alternative dispute resolution. This is usually the most cost-effective way to handle a divorce. However, this experience also means we’ve dealt with more than our fair share of narcissistic and contentious partners, people who try to abuse the court system or draw out the process. We know how to deal with those individuals as well.
Worried about preserving your relationship with your children through your divorce? We help parents create parenting orders that work.
We’re tough. We’re committed. We’re savvy negotiators and skilled litigators. We’ll look out for your best interests—no matter what.
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Practice Areas
Family law is all we do. That means you can count on us to give your case our full and undivided attention.
We help solve serious family law problems covering a broad range of issues.
Child Custody & Access
The law in British Columbia no longer speaks of child custody and access. It speaks of parenting time and decision-making responsibility. Our laws now emphasize the rights of the children, not the needs of the parents.
Nevertheless, working out a set of parenting orders is no less stressful, especially if you and your spouse don’t agree on what the best interests of your children happen to be. Our team is highly adept at putting together parenting orders that work.
Child Support
For many parents, child support arrangements will be relatively straightforward. Yet for high earners and business owners, the landscape looks a little different. Child support is also quite difficult to calculate for contractors and others who have variable income.
We help create fair child support arrangements in special circumstances. Whether you need extra child support to meet a child’s extra needs or you need to stop the court from using child support as a wealth transfer from a high earning parent, as the guidelines tend to break down as incomes go higher.
Court Orders
Need to have your court orders modified as your circumstances change? Our team can help you manage your court orders, even years after your divorce.
Seeking a separation or ending a common law partnership? Let us protect your agreements with the right court orders and separation agreements.
Spousal Support
Maintenance is a major issue for most divorcing couples. Those who need it tend to be afraid they’ll be left with very little money to live on. Those who are being asked to pay it fear that they’ll be asked to pay a massive check they can’t afford every single month.
Fortunately there are numerous solutions we can use to make spousal support fair and workable for both parties.
Dividing Assets
Dividing asserts is rarely as straightforward as writing a pair of checks for the same amounts. There are a lot of complications that go into dividing both assets and debts.
We can help ensure that the eventual division of your assets is fair to the extent allowable by Canadian law. We can also help you protect the value of income-bearing assets, assuring they can continue to function once the division of assets is complete.
Tell us which assets it is most important for you to retain control over, and we will work hard to help you negotiate a deal that your spouse will accept, or that a judge will back.
Wills & Estates
Did you know that estate planning is a major part of family law? Our team can help you set up a plan that will allow you to protect all of your loved ones after your death. Estate planning is financial planning and covers several phases of your life, as well as your death.
We can also help you set up a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement—a major part of the estate planning process. All marriages end, either as a result of death or as the result of a divorce. Make sure that you are prepared for that end.
Child Custody & Access
The law in British Columbia no longer speaks of child custody and access. It speaks of parenting time and decision-making responsibility. Our laws now emphasize the rights of the children, not the needs of the parents. Nevertheless, working out a set of parenting orders is no less stressful, especially if you and your spouse don’t agree on what the best interests of your children happen to be. Our team is highly adept at putting together parenting orders that work.
Child Support
For many parents, child support arrangements will be relatively straightforward. Yet for high earners and business owners, the landscape looks a little different. Child support is also quite difficult to calculate for contractors and others who have variable income. We help create fair child support arrangements in special circumstances. Whether you need extra child support to meet a child’s extra needs or you need to stop the court from using child support as a wealth transfer from a high earning parent, as the guidelines tend to break down as incomes go higher.
Court Orders
Need to have your court orders modified as your circumstances change? Our team can help you manage your court orders, even years after your divorce. Seeking a separation or ending a common law partnership? Let us protect your agreements with the right court orders and separation agreements.
Spousal Support
Maintenance is a major issue for most divorcing couples. Those who need it tend to be afraid they’ll be left with very little money to live on. Those who are being asked to pay it fear that they’ll be asked to pay a massive check they can’t afford every single month. Fortunately there are numerous solutions we can use to make spousal support fair and workable for both parties.
Dividing Assets
Dividing asserts is rarely as straightforward as writing a pair of checks for the same amounts. There are a lot of complications that go into dividing both assets and debts. We can help ensure that the eventual division of your assets is fair to the extent allowable by Canadian law. We can also help you protect the value of income-bearing assets, assuring they can continue to function once the division of assets is complete. Tell us which assets it is most important for you to retain control over, and we will work hard to help you negotiate a deal that your spouse will accept, or that a judge will back.
Wills & Estates
Did you know that estate planning is a major part of family law? Our team can help you set up a plan that will allow you to protect all of your loved ones after your death. Estate planning is financial planning and covers several phases of your life, as well as your death. We can also help you set up a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement—a major part of the estate planning process. All marriages end, either as a result of death or as the result of a divorce. Make sure that you are prepared for that end.
Why Choose Us?
Our sophisticated, savvy team has the strategies that can help you manage all the major issues of your divorce. We will protect your interest and ensure that the divorce does as little damage to your life as possible.
Every family case is different. We take the time to truly dig into the facts of yours, to understand your goals and concerns, and to create a path forward that will help you get your needs met in the months and years to come.
We’re also responsive professionals who answer calls and emails promptly, who take the time to educate you and answer your questions, and who care deeply about the results we achieve for you.
Don’t settle for anything else than a team of divorce lawyers who have taken on some of the toughest cases in the Vancouver Metro Area. Call 1-604-394-7777 to get started today.
Our Skilled Team
Michael R. Troy
Steven J. Roxborough
Sunny Lu
Shawn Mankatala
Harsharn Brar
Lawyer
Michael R. Troy
Michael Troy has been an associate of Merchant Law Group LLP since 2001. Michael obtained his Law Degree from, the University of New Brunswick, prior to that he received a Bachelor of Arts in History from York University and a Law Bachelor of Arts from Carleton University. Michael is a member of the British Columbia Law Society and the Saskatchewan Law Society. He is also a member of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia.
When not practicing law, Michael is an avid fitness enthusiast, he enjoys hiking, biking and running. He has biked across the country, and once ran the Queen City Marathon. If you need a will, power of attorney or health representative agreement prepared, Michael would be happy to assist you.
Lawyer
Steven J. Roxborough
Steven Roxborough is the managing partner of the British Columbia operations of Merchant Law Group LLP. Steve is passionate about the law and highly values access to justice.
Steve attended law school in the nation’s capital, and obtained a Juris Doctor degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. Prior to attending law school, Steve received a Master of Arts and a Baccalaureate in Science, also from the University of Ottawa.
Previously, Steve was an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia with the NBK Institute of Mining Engineering, and continues to give guest lectures on the topics of law and ethics at the University of British Columbia..
Steve is a member of the British Columbia Law Society and a former member of the Saskatchewan Law Society. He is also a member of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia and an annual subscriber to the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.
Steve is a former national team athlete and is a current board member of the Canadian Center for Mental Health in sport which is an organization designing, implementing, and evaluating the first integrated, sport-centered mental health care model for Canadian competitive and high-performance athletes and coaches.
Steve looks forward to assisting you with your legal needs and representing your legal interests.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Class Actions
- Civil Litigation
- Personal Injury
- ICBC Motor Vehicle Accidents & Injury Claims
- Real Estate Law
- Property Litigation
BACKGROUND/EDUCATION
- B.Sc.(Hons) – University of Ottawa
- M.A. – University of Ottawa
- J.D. – University of Ottawa
MEMBERSHIPS
- Law Society of British Columbia
BAR ADMISSIONS
- British Columbia
Lawyer
Sunny Lu
Sunny received her Juris Doctor from the University of Calgary in 2019. Prior to joining Merchant Law, she articled and practiced at a boutique firm in Calgary, Alberta where her focus was immigration, wills and estates, and family law.
In past years, she has assisted clients with:
- Temporary residence visas (for work, study or visit) and TRPs
- Sponsorships for spouses, children and other relatives
- Economic immigration through provincial programs
- In-Canada humanitarian and compassionate applications
- Refugee claims and hearings
- Canada Service Border Agency removals and cessations
- Appeals to the Immigration Appeal Division, Refugee Appeal Divison and Federal Court
- Citizenship and proof of citizenship applications
In the community, Sunny believes in public legal education. She enjoys presenting workshops on various legal topics, in collaboration with numerous organizations in British Columbia and in Alberta.
If you are interested in coming to or remaining in Canada, Sunny is available to discuss your options.
Lawyer
Shawn Mankatala
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Class Actions
- Civil Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Real Estate Law
- Property Litigation
BACKGROUND/EDUCATION
- B.B.A., Specialization in Accounting – University of the Fraser Valley, 2016
- J.D. (with distinction) – Bond University, 2018
MEMBERSHIPS
- Law Society of British Columbia
- Vancouver Bar Association
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Member of the British Columbia Bar
Articling Student
Harsharn Brar
Areas of Practice
- Civil Litigation
- Family Law
- Real Estate Law
- Wills & Estates
- Class Actions
Background / Education
- J.D. (with distinction) – Bond University 2020
- B.A. – University of Manitoba 2018
- B.B.A. – University of Winnipeg 2015
Memberships
- Law Society of British Columbia
Bar Admissions
- Working towards becoming a member of the British Columbia Bar
FAQ
Family lawyers represent and are responsible for legal issues cases related to families. These lawyers will help one family member or the entire family with various type of family cases. Family law cases include child custody, divorce, prenuptial, and guardianship etc.
Family law, in Canada, is a shared responsibility between the federal and the provincial governments, along with the territorial governments. Thus, some child support guidelines are shared among federal, provincial, and territorial laws, while others fall exclusively under one or two of these governments.
The price range for family lawyers in Leduc varies depending upon the type of case and the level of the case itself. However, generally speaking, the range of cost is from $200 to $600 per hour.