Shannon Aldinger

{{Contributor | bio = Shannon Aldinger is a senior subject editor for JP Boyd on Family Law, and is jointly responsible for the pages on Resolving Family Law Problems in Court. She is a solo practitioner in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. Shannon has practiced law since 1996, and has represented clients in the Provincial and Supreme Courts of BC and the BC Court of Appeal. She has extensive experience in all areas of family law practice including providing legal advice, negotiating settlements, and providing representation in court dealing with parenting arrangements, child and spousal support, division of property and debts, spousal assault torts, restraining orders, and family law agreements. She is an active member of the Trial Lawyers Association of BC and a volunteer with the local Transition Society, as well as a past contributor to Dial-A-Law (CBABC), and a volunteer with the Women Lawyers Mentoring Program, Battered Women's Support Services, among others.

| name = Shannon Aldinger | organization = Family Lawyer, Courtenay BC

The highest level of court in the province, having the jurisdiction to review decisions of the Supreme Court, all provincial lower courts, and certain tribunals. See "appeal."

In contract law, a promise made by someone about a certain state of affairs, like "the plumbing was replaced last year" or "I had a vasectomy two years ago." See "misrepresentation."

A term under the Family Law Act which describes the arrangements for parental responsibilities and parenting time among guardians, made in an order or agreement. "Parenting arrangements" does not include contact. See "contact," "guardian," "parental responsibilities" and "parenting time."

A person who is younger than the legal age of majority, 19 in British Columbia. See "age of majority."

A payment made by one spouse to the other spouse to help with the recipient's day-to-day living expenses or to compensate the recipient for the financial choices the spouses made during the relationship.

Something which can be owned. See "chattels" and "real property."