Stephanie Ovens is an associate to the Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations group, where she focuses on family law and estate matters. She has appeared at all levels of court in B.C., as well as in alternative dispute resolution forums, including mediation and arbitration.
Stephanie’s family law practice includes matters pertaining to asset division, spousal support, child support, and drafting and advising on cohabitation, marriage, and separation agreements. Her estate practice covers a broad spectrum, and includes wills variation claims, removing personal representatives, the validity of wills, debt and common law trust claims, Committeeship applications, and claims relating to documents that do not meet the formality requirements of a will in B.C.
Stephanie’s practice also includes situations where estate matters and family law intersect, including seeking support against an estate, enforcing family law agreements against an estate, and issues of contested separation and spousal status.
Stephanie is a regular contributor to the Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C.’s family law publications.