Family · Property · Estates
Family, property and estate matters can arrive during already demanding periods of life. DAL provides clear legal guidance to help you understand your options and what comes next.
Legal information should be understandable — explained in plain language, not legal shorthand.
Clients should feel listened to and treated with dignity, at every stage of a matter.
People should know what happens next — before, during and after they reach out.
How we can help
Guidance through separation, parenting arrangements and other family transitions — with clear explanations at every step.
Clear communication. Careful coordination. Support from start to finish.
Planning guidance for wills, estate planning and estate-related legal needs — putting clear arrangements in place.
Start where it makes sense
You don’t need to read everything. Open only the topics that feel relevant to your situation — the rest will still be here if you need them later.
Start with what feels most relevant. You can explore these topics at your own pace.Family Law
Separation and divorce involve several separate decisions, and they don’t all need to be made at once. Explore what is usually involved and the order things tend to happen in.
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Family Law
Family circumstances can change, and questions about parenting arrangements can feel difficult to navigate. Explore the legal considerations and the possible next steps.
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Family Law
Support questions usually fall into two areas: support for children, and support between former partners. These are assessed differently.
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Family Law & Property
Questions about a shared home or other property often arise alongside family changes. Explore how property matters are approached and what tends to be considered.
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Family Law
If safety is a concern for you or your children, it can affect both the options available and how a matter is approached. You can share only what you are comfortable sharing.
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Family Law
Not every family matter fits neatly into a category. If your situation looks different from the topics above, it can still be explored.
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You don’t need to identify the right legal category before contacting us. You can begin by telling us what you need help understanding.
Our approach
Legal services are often accessed during periods of significant uncertainty and stress. We believe well-designed systems can help reduce some of that burden — for clients, and for the people who work within the firm.
Our approach is built to be predictable, consistent, relational and grounded in trust. Operational efficiency exists to support the human side of legal practice, not to replace it.
Legal guidance should bring clarity — not more uncertainty.
A predictable next step
No surprises. Here is exactly what follows once you get in touch, and where each decision sits.
Talk to Us When You're ReadyShare as much or as little as you're comfortable with — enough for us to understand your inquiry.
The team reads your inquiry properly and considers what kind of support it calls for.
Where DAL can assist, we explain the available options, what each involves and what to expect.
The decision stays with you. You can take time, ask more questions, or decide not to continue.
The people behind DAL
Jonathan leads the firm’s strategic planning, operational development, continuous improvement and growth — bringing behavioural analysis and Lean Six Sigma practice into the design of DAL’s systems and client experience.
View ProfileStephanie brings a people-centred approach to leading the Family Law team, recognizing that clients are often navigating some of the most stressful periods of their lives.
View ProfileKaleena supports the financial and operational systems behind DAL’s responsive, people-centred legal service. Drawing on operational leadership, entrepreneurial and community-based experience, she helps create clear processes, strong internal systems and a consistent client experience.
View ProfileSupport beyond the legal matter
At DAL | Aequitas Law, we understand that a legal matter may be only one part of what is happening in someone’s life.
A separation may also involve housing, finances, parenting or emotional well-being. A property matter may happen alongside a major life transition. Planning an estate or losing someone close to you can bring practical and emotional challenges that extend beyond legal advice.
Our role is to provide experienced legal guidance—not to be everything to everyone. Part of our trauma-attuned, people-centred approach is recognizing when another kind of support may also be helpful and making it easier for clients to know where they can turn.
Through Richardson Collaborative, clients can access a directory of community resources throughout Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick, including family services, mental health and addictions support, housing and food resources, safety services, Indigenous and newcomer supports, government programs and more.
Legal support is one part of the journey. When you need something beyond our role, we want you to know where you can start.
Find Community & Family SupportResources
We are preparing a set of plain-language guides on the questions people most often arrive with — what a process involves, what tends to happen first, and what you may want to think about before making a decision.
Until those are published, the quickest way to get an answer to a specific question is simply to ask us. There is no obligation attached to a first conversation.
Talk to Us When You’re ReadyClient experiences
Joyce has been my family lawyer for over three years now and I could not be more pleased with her service. Joyce takes a very personal approach that shows that she genuinely cares and is interested in you and your case. Joyce has always been attentive to details and she never hesitates to put my family as a priority in her busy schedule. Her presence in court is very assertive in a very calm and respectful manner and I would highly recommend her to anyone in need.
Joyce Richardson was very attentive and conducted thorough research into the relevant case law. She represents you with passion. I highly recommend her!
Joyce Richardson has been a very valuable asset to my family as our lawyer for a child protection guardianship case, she has worked tirelessly day and night to ensure we won our case and we most certainly did win. She has been there for me every step of the way and had the utmost confidence and respect towards me, she has even followed up to see how we are all doing since court. I would NEVER recommend another lawyer as much as I will Joyce.
How can we help?
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You don't need to have everything figured out before contacting us. Share what's needed for us to understand your inquiry, and we'll explain what happens next.
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