With over 100 years of combined experience, the Watson Goepel LLP Family Law Group offers a full range of services to assist and empower families and individuals facing separation, divorce, parenting, and support related issues. We balance the use of negotiation and litigation services with alternative dispute resolution methods including collaboration, mediation, and parenting coordination, where appropriate.
Our family law lawyers assist clients with all aspects of family law. We tailor our solutions to address the specific circumstances of our clients. Our goal is to help our clients resolve their family law disputes expeditiously and cost-effectively while minimizing unnecessary conflict. This ensures a quicker resolution to the legal proceedings.
The Watson Goepel LLP Family Law Group helps families face the future with clarity and peace of mind and are here to help.
Our services include:
8 March 2023
Employment Law, Family Law, International Women's Day
This article is part of a series of educational blog posts created by a team of Watson Goepel women lawyers in light of International Women’s Day 2023, to empower, celebrate, and encourage women in Canada. Defining Surrogacy A surrogate mother is a woman who carries a baby full term on behalf of someone else. In some cases, the…
7 March 2023
Family Law, International Women's Day
This article is part of a series of educational blog posts created by a team of Watson Goepel women lawyers in light of International Women’s Day 2023, to empower, celebrate, and encourage women in Canada. Separation vs Divorce According to the Divorce Act, a breakdown of a marriage may be established when you and your spouse have ‘lived separate and…
6 March 2023
Family Law, International Women's Day, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
This article is part of a series of educational blog posts created by a team of Watson Goepel women lawyers in light of International Women’s Day 2023, to empower, celebrate, and encourage women in Canada. In May 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released two concurrent judgments for two cases dealing with circumstances where the accused was…
19 July 2022
On June 14, 2022, our Partner and leader of our Family Law Group, Laurence Klass, chaired the Family Law 2022 Program hosted by Pacific Business & Law Institute (PBLI). Laurence led the Watson Goepel team, as well as industry experts from Schuman Basran Robin & Bell and North Shore Law, to discuss family matters that…
