Financial Issues in Family Law - Print

Your guide to understanding financial information in financially complex family law cases

This publication is essential for: all lawyers advising family law clients on financially complex issues

Current to: August 1, 2026

The Third Edition of Financial Issues in Family Law guides you through the financially complex matters that arise on the breakdown of a relationship when one or both of the spouses have business interests and interests in trusts. This includes characterization as family property or excluded property, financial disclosure, valuation principles, methods of division, tax consequences, and the calculation of income for child support.

To help illustrate the concepts, sample documents are presented and annotated with practical commentary. Among these are financial statements for a sole proprietorship, a holding company, and an operating company, as well as business valuations for the holding company and operating company, a trust agreement, sample tax returns, and a calculation of Child Support Guideline income. 

With this resource, you will be able to:

• understand the nature of ownership of a business and the information contained in its financial statements
• work effectively with an expert on preparing or critiquing a business valuation
• understand the nature of an interest in a trust
• confidently identify tax considerations of property division and income available for child support

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Highlights of the 2026 Update of Financial Issues in Family Law include:

• case law, legislation, practice points, and sample reports brought current to August 1, 2026
• new content across several chapters addressing the specific issues that arise where cryptocurrency assets and activities form part of a financially complex family law matter
• new discussion about how income may be imputed for support purposes based on lifestyle factors
• expanded coverage of options for dividing assets, including discussion of continued co-ownership of a business
• a substantially revised chapter on trusts
• added discussion about shareholders' accounts and their treatment in the context of business valuations

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CLEBC Legal Editor
Jennifer E. Thorne
jthorne@cle.bc.ca

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