Stephanie Ovens, serving as an associate within the Litigation, Arbitration, and Investigations group, dedicates her expertise to the nuanced realms of family law and estate matters. With her practice, Ovens engages in a dynamic range of legal challenges, from asset division and spousal to child support issues. She skillfully navigates the drafting and counseling on agreements related to cohabitation, marriage, and separation. Beyond family law, her adeptness extends to estate concerns, tackling everything from wills variation claims and the removal of personal representatives to scrutinizing will validity and addressing debts alongside common law trust claims. Ovens is well-versed in handling Committeeship applications and issues surrounding non-conventional will documents in British Columbia.

Her legal prowess is not confined to separate domains of family and estate law; Ovens frequently deals with cases at the intersection of these areas. This includes pursuing support from estates, enforcing family law agreements posthumously, and resolving disputes over separation and spousal status against estate backgrounds. Throughout British Columbia, she has represented clients across all court levels, embracing mediation and arbitration as effective alternative dispute resolution strategies.

In addition to her active practice, Ovens contributes regularly to family law literature for the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, ensuring her insights and experiences benefit a broader legal audience. Her academic foundation is robust, with a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toronto (2017) and a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University (2012), complemented by her admission to the British Columbia Bar in 2018. Fluent in English, Ovens combines her legal acumen with a commitment to legal education, enhancing the fabric of family and estate law discourse in British Columbia.