The Best Family
Lawyers In Quebec City

MAST AVOCATS

Trust the MAST Avocats team to provide you with professional and courteous services in Quebec and Lévis. We are here to support you in your efforts and assert your rights.

Are you going through a separation or divorce? Wondering how to handle this difficult situation? Several questions may arise. Also, the anxiety related to the situation can be difficult to manage.

The MAST Avocats de Québec team will be able to understand you and advise you effectively. Our competent team will offer you all the appropriate means to adopt in order to reassure you and thus allow you to make an informed decision, all in the interest of your children.

Indeed, the MAST Avocats team is there to answer your questions and help you by accompanying you throughout your case, whether it is legal or not. MAST Avocats will be able to take stock with you and guide you through your process. Also, if necessary, our team can represent you before the authority concerned. Know that MAST Avocats will make the necessary efforts to resolve the situation, in the interest of your children. Our team understands the importance of regularizing the situation quickly.

The MAST Avocats team intervenes to settle several types of conflicts, in particular:

• Divorce and separation;
• Child care;
• Alimony;
• Rights of the child;
• Marriages and civil unions;
• Parental authority;
• Parental alienation.

DEVICHY LAWYERS

Some firms primarily serve businesses or municipalities. At Devichy, our focus is on the individual. What’s more, our family law team is the largest in Quebec—that speaks volumes about clients’ satisfaction with our services. Our lawyers are hired based on their professionalism and dedication, and they work collaboratively with each other across the province. We’ve integrated the best technology tools into our practice. Our work philosophy is founded on efficiency and personal balance, rather than an unrealistic calculation of billable hours.

When you meet us the first time, we’ll have a frank discussion to understand how your separation is going. Are we heading for an amicable separation or a dispute? Once your mandate has been clarified, our lawyers will bring out their entire legal arsenal to ensure you get what you’re entitled to. Even though they’re fighters, our lawyers are still sensitive to the family situations of their clients, and they specialize in all types of files related to divorce, child custody, support and youth protection procedures.

Devichy has followed a simple, yet especially effective, method to become the largest team of family law lawyers in Quebec. We’ve even offered some of our most tenacious opponents in Court to come join us, on condition that they possess the same work ethic that’s at the core of our reputation. We’ve offered them better working conditions than what they had before, as concrete proof of our respect for their performance.

The result: motivated lawyers who invest 100% of their energy and talent in winning their client’s case.

JOLI-COEUR LACASSE AVOCATS

Our team will help you through the various stages that an estate dispute can entail. In particular, we will help you in the files of rendering of account, replacement of liquidator or in procedure of cancellation of will. We advise you in disputes or obligations between de facto spouses, divorces, support payments, child custody, recognition or contestation of paternity and adoption in Quebec or internationally.

We also draft various contracts related to relationships between spouses, such as cohabitation contracts and marriage contracts. Mandates in case of incapacity, wills and powers of attorney are instruments drafted by our lawyers or our notaries and which will give you peace of mind. Other personal protection mechanisms such as curatorship, tutorship and counselor to a person of full age can also be the subject of procedures led by our team of lawyers.

Our mediation coaching allows you to know your rights precisely and to establish in detail what to expect during the mediation process. You will be able to make informed decisions. Our team is also made up of accredited mediators. We primarily serve financial institutions, secured creditors, trustees, receivers and private lenders in connection with the realization of security and corporate restructuring.

Our Practice Areas:

• Adoption
• Parental authority
• Name change
• Consent to care
• Wedding contract
• Cohabitation contract
• Non-litigious steps in matters of succession
• Divorce and separation
• Defamation law
• Family law

SISKINDS LAW FIRM

Siskinds values and encourages equity, diversity and inclusivity in our firm and in our community. We understand that actualizing these values is a journey, one we are approaching with the understanding that we have much to learn. We aspire to foster an environment that is increasingly welcoming and inclusive, that recognizes and values differences.

We have worked hard to make sure our offices accessible to the public and to our employees to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to reach their potential.

Siskinds believes that our people are our biggest asset. We have taken meaningful steps to provide a safe and inclusive work environment. We believe that these steps are necessary to enable our lawyers and staff to feel welcome and excel in their careers. We strive for continuous improvement and are always looking at ways to enhance employee engagement.

Our diversity is reflected in the languages spoken by our lawyers and staff. For a listing of the languages spoken at our firm, please review our page, Languages Spoken.

We understand that EDI is a journey. Siskinds is committed to advancing EDI and decreasing barriers. To date, the measures implemented or underway include the design of accessible premises, a plan to anonymize resumes received in student recruitment, unconscious bias and anti-racism training, the development of an indigenous reconciliation action plan, and developing a comprehensive firm-wide EDI plan.

FASKEN MARTINEAU DUMOULIN LLP

We are an innovative and forward-thinking business and litigation law firm, founded in Canada in 1863. Our team of over 800 lawyers provide expertise in every sector, including complex and high-profile matters across more than 130 practices and industry specialties. With regional representation in 10 offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa and China, we provide a global reach across four continents.

At Fasken, our mission is to provide exceptional legal and strategic advice to our clients. Our goal is to exceed their expectations. We bring a practical, innovative and cost-effective approach to the practice of law. We provide a collegial environment to attract and develop outstanding talent. We care about our people, our clients, their business and the community.

To be regarded by clients as preeminent in our practice and geographic areas of focus, and a firm where bright, talented, and collegial people want to work together.

LAVERY DE BILLY, L.L.P.

Over a century of legal advice to domestic and international organizations has made Lavery the largest independent law firm in Quebec (#1 in Canadian Lawyer’s Top 10 Quebec Regional Law Firms and Chambers Regional Law Firm of the Year 2018 in Canada).

With an integrated team of 200 professionals based in Montreal, Quebec City, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières, Lavery is committed to delivering a 360° approach by offering organizations personalized and innovative legal solutions, fully adapted to the particularities of their business.

Once only a concern of large corporations, globalization today affects companies and countries of all sizes, which now battle for market share on a planetary scale. What is true abroad also affects us here at home. To meet these new imperatives, firms must adapt to the reality of business and evolve to meet the true needs of their clients.

SCHWALB LEGAL

Whether you are a foreign national making an application for a temporary employment, student visa, a permanent resident visa, a business or individual who wishes to purchase a commercial or residential property, a person going through a divorce, we will always apply the best possible strategy in order to achieve the most suitable results. If you are a corporation or an indivdual person who wishes to invest in real estate our professional team is very knowledgeable in this area and can assist you, and guide you through every facet in order to obtain your objective.

Are you experiencing marital problems? Schwalb can protect your spousal rights. Whether you are getting married for the first time or entering your first or a subsequent marriage. We have experience in drafting separation and divorce agreements, as well as vast experience in negotiating divorce settlements including pension entitlements, property settlements, the evaluation and partition of the family patrimony, child custody, visiting rights and support payments.

Are you interested in setting up or purchasing a corporation? You should be informed that this is not simple or straightforward to do these things alone. Our offices can provide invaluable professional services so that you can be confident that things will be taken care of professionally and you do not have to worry.

Our Practice Areas:

• Family
• Administrative
• Immigration
• Litigation
• Real Estate & Construction
• Commercial & Corporate
• Research & Development

GOLDWATER, DUBÉ

In 1981, Anne-France Goldwater started her solo practice. In 1991, she partnered with Marie-Hélène Dubé and the firm Goldwater, Dubé was officially born.

Since that time, our firm has grown to develop an outstanding reputation in family law and has been at the centre of some of the most important decisions in recent Canadian history.

We have persuaded judges to award some of the highest child support awards ever granted, render precedent-setting decisions in matters as diverse as international kidnapping, animal welfare rights and the interpretation of religious marriage contracts, as well as help establish the legal recognition of common-law spouses and the right of same-sex couples to marry.

Passion. The best advocacy shoots from the heart before it gets to the mind. Mastering this link is the stuff great lawyers are made of. This is why we seek out and encourage lawyers who cultivate their passions, train mind to follow heart and put the whole to the service of those in need.

Compassion. Trust and empathy are the pillars of every solid attorney-client relationship. Regularly maintaining them ensures the best representation. This is why we strive to build a full, frank and honest professional relationship with each client and represent them like we would a close friend.

Tenacity. Passion and compassion are nothing without a firm intention to arrive at a desired outcome. At every stage, advocacy is an adversarial process, a clash of different interests. This is why we drill ourselves to be perpetually poised for war when it is necessary and yet primed for peace when it is possible.

FRANKLIN & FRANKLIN

For 100 years, the Franklin and Franklin team of internationally respected lawyers have provided our clients in Montreal, and around the globe the very finest legal representation possible. Our hand-picked team of results oriented professionals have decades of experience in the halls of justice and getting our clients the outcome they deserve.

Our clients always choose Franklin and Franklin because, for 10 decades, our reputation as tenacious legal professionals who work one-on-one with our clients to always achieve the most favorable results.

We measure our success in two ways; through our longevity, and the satisfaction of our clients. For those two reasons, we are proud to be considered one of the premier law forms in Montreal, and across the country, and it is thanks to our tireless dedicated team and our clients’ loyalty.

M.H. Franklin founded our firm one hundred years ago, and today some of his original clients’ grandchildren and even great grandchildren still consider us as family, because they understand that our dedication to uphold our client’s interests is just as important now, as it was when our founder first opened the doors.

DUFOURD DION AVOCATS

We practice law in Montreal. Our services are available in all judicial districts of Quebec, mainly in the greater Montreal area. Me Christian Dufourd founded the firm in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood in Montreal in 1989. So we have a lot of experience and our office has an excellent reputation. Our legal services are professional and efficient. The fees are always reasonable and are explained to you clearly.

The satisfaction of our clients is the priority. We make sure we have a good understanding of your needs first and then we represent you in a professional and fair manner. Dufourd, Dion Lawyers is a law firm located in Montreal. We are here to listen to you, understand you and represent you. Satisfying your needs is the priority.

A divorce case can in some cases be one of the most important experiences of your life. It’s about taking the right steps to implement solutions that take into account your needs and your rights. When a situation of separation arises, the whole organization of a life must be rethought. And there, in some cases, you even have to rebuild yourself on a personal level.

We provide legal services in the following areas of legal practice:

• Family Law, Divorce, Separation, Child custody and Parenting time, Alimony and Partition of Property
• Civil Law, Hidden Defects and Real Estate, Civil Liability, Contracts
• Criminal and penal law
• Immigration Law, Sponsorship, Representation at the IRB
• Corporate and Business Law