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Monika Gulyas

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About

Monika Gulyas is a member of the Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations group with a practice focused on ‎‎estate litigation and family law matters. She represents clients and assists senior counsel in court and alternative ‎‎dispute resolution forums, including mediation and arbitration.‎

Monika’s estates and trusts litigation practice involves wills variation claims, validity and capacity disputes, debt and common law trust claims, removal of personal representatives, committeeship applications, ‎‎passing of accounts, and claims regarding documents that do not meet the formality requirements of a will. 

Her family law practice includes asset division, spousal support and child support, challenging and defending family law agreements, and ‎‎drafting and advising on cohabitation, marriage, and separation agreements.‎

Monika also practices at the intersection of estate litigation and family law, including family law matters involving a deceased spouse and estate claims where separation or spousal status is in dispute.

 
Bar admissionsBritish Columbia, 2022
Languages
  • English

Awards

  • Stan Smith Memorial Prize in Contract Law (2019)‎
Education
  • J.D., University of British Columbia, ‎Peter A. Allard School of Law, 2021‎
  • B.A. (with distinction), University of ‎the Fraser Valley, 2018‎