April 15, 2021

A closer look at the Report on Pension Division: Death of a spouse

This post is part of a series highlighting key recommendations in the Report on Pension Division: A Review of Part 6 of the Family Law Act. For other posts in the series click here. Brief description of the issue Even though general provisions of family law and wills-and-estates law address Read more…

April 7, 2021

Quick facts about the Pension Division Review Project

Project overview term: 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2021 12 project committee members 14 project committee meetings (2 hours per meeting) 25 recommendations for reform Publications one final report one consultation paper 6 backgrounders 3 media releases 28 blog posts (23 during project term) Public engagement 12 written consultation Read more…

March 23, 2021

BCLI recommends pension division reforms

BCLI has just published the Report on Pension Division: A Review of Part 6 of the Family Law Act, which calls for reforms to how pensions are divided between separating spouses. The report is the culmination of more than two years’ work by BCLI’s Pension Division Review Project Committee, which Read more…

December 12, 2019

2019 year in review for the Pension Division Review Project

Part 6 of the Family Law Act and the Division of Pensions Regulation set out the legal framework for dividing pension benefits after the breakdown of a spousal relationship. This legal framework first came into force in the 1990s and, like much of British Columbia’s family-law legislation, saw some significant Read more…

November 29, 2019

Review of Division of Pensions Regulation and administrative fees take centre stage at November 2019 meeting of the Pension Division Review Project Committee

At this month’s meeting of the BCLI Pension Division Review Project Committee the committee tackled two topics. First, it reviewed the Division of Pensions Regulation, including the forms prescribed under the regulation. Second, it examined the fees that may be charged by a pension-plan administrator to the parties in a Read more…