Vancouver Divorce Mediators

Services offered at Fairway Vancouver

Fairway Vancouver is pleased to announce the opening of our office. Our CEO and founder, Karen Stewart, will personally work with the BC team to oversee operations and client files to serve Vancouver's elite clientele in this boutique location.

We understand the current British Columbia policies and the unique needs of Vancouver residents. Fairway legal department drafts final separation agreements and parenting plans based on the family laws of your jurisdiction, including the: Divorce Act, Family Law Act, and the Federal Child Support Guidelines.

Financial division: We have the expertise to deal with financial issues, including:

• Complicated asset division and spousal support decisions
• Complex income calculation determination
• Trust accounts
• Private businesses with multiple shareholders
• Offshore investment accounts
• Complicated tax structure
• Comprehensive real-estate investments
• Multiple private equity/non-liquid investments
• Holding companies
• Succession planning issues
• Family business

Parenting Plans: We take great pride in ensuring you have a well-thought-out Fairway Nurtured Children Plan™ to co-parent and raise well-adjusted and confident children.

In order to learn more about our INR process through the eyes through a real-life case, please read Divorce the Fair Way: How to achieve a clean break.

We know and love the communities we serve

Vancouverites enjoy a fast-paced, high quality of life that the turmoil of separation should not disrupt. When your priorities are maintaining the lifestyle you're used to during this one daunting event, Fairway Vancouver is bringing our top experts to help families move beyond divorce in a timely fashion. We understand the uncertainty of high net-worth divorce when it feels like the only choice is expensive, lengthy litigation. Our approach caters to all the complexities of families with a higher net worth without sacrificing the future of your children, family, and assets.

What makes our team unique and how we are deeply qualified to serve you

The Fairway Vancouver team boasts Fairway's top professionals in Canada, including CEO and founder Karen Stewart, to guide you through all your important decisions. Our accredited team comprises Certified Financial Divorce Analysts (CFDS), Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA), and in-house lawyers with extensive mediation experience. With decades of experience in family law, finance, and divorce and being the original pioneers of the INR Process, you can trust our Resolution Experts to handle complex situations where significant assets are involved. They deeply understand the stress separating families face and can navigate you to curated solutions to a fair resolution with expert care and compassion.

The team at Vancouver

Karen Stewart B.Sc, MBA, C.Med, ICD.D

Resolution Expert, Mediator

Karen Stewart is the founder and CEO of Fairway Divorce Solutions. She has overseen the national expansion of the organization and the success of over 5500 families resolved through her various offices. She is the innovator of the now well-industry-adapted INR Process designed to bring resolution in a timely fashion. Specifically, once couples finalize disclosure, the difficult and sometimes challenging negotiations are completed within 120 days, thereby preventing a long, drawn-out process and reducing the stress associated with divorce.

Fairway is excited to open a Vancouver location and enlist Karen's decades of expertise. Like opening other locations across Canada, Karen is personally involved in ensuring its success. In this regard, she will take on a limited number of cases herself. She has made many media appearances discussing the effects of divorce in today's society. These appearances include The Globe and Mail, ABC Money Matters, Entrepreneur Magazine, PROFIT Magazine, More Magazine, Financial Times, CTV, Slice™ and Breakfast Television.

Read Karen Stewart’s Biography

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Brittany Doucet B.A., J.D.

Lawyer and Legal Expert

Brittany Doucet is Fairway's dedicated family lawyer. Brittany provides consultative advice to address unique client issues. She administers the What is the Law™ program nationwide that educates clients on their province's matrimonial laws. She also ensures our Resolutions Experts have the most current understanding of BC's and Canada's laws. Fairway’s legal department drafts separation agreements that reflect the parties' decisions and withstand the test of time.

Read Brittany Doucet’s Biography

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Caroline Cranston CFP®, CFDS®, Q.Med

Resolution Expert, Mediator

Caroline Cranston is Fairway Vancouver's Senior Resolution Expert. With her financial acumen and mediation prowess, Caroline takes great pride in understanding how to handle separation and complex financial arrangements skillfully. With her financial planner and Certified Financial Divorce Analyst background, she has resolved many cases where elaborate financial issues played a role in the separation. She drives results using the Fairway INR Process and a client-centred approach to empower clients to make informed decisions throughout the divorce process.

Read Caroline Cranston’s Biography

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Christie Moser CPA, CA, CFDS

Principal Partner

Christie Moser is a CPA and CFDS, making her an invaluable asset to Fairway's Vancouver office. She is involved in many cases in Western Canada, using her financial expertise to simplify and guide clients through difficult decisions when it comes to divorce. She firmly believes that the INR Process is the best way to achieve a positive resolution for families, especially those with significant assets and children to protect.

Read Christie Moser’s Biography

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Carima Navikenas

Client Manager

Carima is Fairway's Client Manager committed to providing the best client experience during difficult life transitions. Working alongside our Resolution Experts, Carima is the driving force behind Fairway's brand promise. A skilled and organized individual, she seamlessly guides clients with empathy and compassion as they work toward resolution, ensuring they feel supported throughout the process.

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A Strong National Brand Supporting Local Expertise

At Vancouver you receive the benefit of a private confidential mediation boutique supported by a national team. Fairway’s national team of legal, financial, and business professionals assist the Vancouver office by providing up-to-date changes to British Columbia and Canadian divorce laws, client education, financial divorce expertise, collective peer review on client cases, and the drafting and critiquing of separation agreements by Fairway’s legal department. The result is an expertly crafted agreement that avoids unnecessary delays when you take the final step in your divorce process and engage independent legal advice. Locally and nationally, the Fairway team is here to help you move forward into your new life.

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Fairway Solutions

With Fairway, you're backed by a longstanding national brand.

Fairway Solutions and our step-by-step INR mediation method was founded by Karen Stewart to help Canadian families transition through separation and divorce efficiently, without draining their assets. We’re experts in divorce, family, business and conflict resolution and mediation, with franchise locations across Canada. Since 2006 Fairway’s dedicated mediators and resolution experts have coached over 5,500 families through divorce conflict.

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