Biography of Marla Gilsig – Vancouver Family Lawyer

Marla graduated from University of Victoria Law School in 1978 and was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1979.

Marla is an effective, compassionate and knowledgeable family lawyer who practices in Vancouver, British Columbia.  She enjoys working with clients who want practical and affordable choices to prevent or resolve family law disputes. Her daily focus is negotiating settlements and drafting family law agreements including cohabitation, marriage, and separation agreements.  Having taken training in Collaborative Law Practice and certified as a Family Law Mediator, Marla offers her clients alternatives to litigation and recognizes that, in appropriate cases, collaborative law or mediation can assist in resolving disputes in a timely and economical way.  Marla … Read more »

Exploring Gilsig Divorce and Family Mediation Services

I provide divorce and family mediation services that include:

• Offering a neutral place for you and your former spouse to meet;
• Discussing and guiding the mediation process;
• Setting the tone for the meetings to provide for constructive dialogue;
• Helping to define the issues you both need to resolve;
• Facilitating understanding and communication between you and your former spouse about the issues;
• Keeping your discussions on track;
• Helping you gather and keep track of information and documents;
• Teaching you and your former spouse skills for better communication and cooperative problem solving;
• Helping you maintain a working relationship with your former spouse which is particularly important if you have children because you will need to keep in contact while they

Vancouver BC Family Lawyer Provides Excellent BC Marriage Agreements and Well-Crafted Separation Agreements

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British Columbia Marriage Agreements 

British Columbia Separation Agreements

Well crafted BC Marriage Agreements set expectations and let the spouses decide what is fair during the relationship and on the breakdown of their relationship. Making the commitment to enter into a common law or civil marriage is one of life’s most life-changing decisions. The decisions warrants you give careful consideration to the financial impact your marriage will have on your assets, debts and income.

By negotiating a BC Marriage Agreement, you ensure that you establish a solid foundation of mutual understanding for your shared life ahead, by defining and agreeing upon short and long financial goals and expectations right from the start.  If … Read more »