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Family law 2018 BCSC 1828

Wright v. Hudson

The court ordered an interim parenting schedule after the child’s relocation to Nova Scotia, denied child support relief for travel costs, and made no order on ski equipment.

  • Relocation of child
  • Parenting plan
  • Interim orders
  • Child support undue hardship
  • Virtual contact and exchanges
  • Parenting-plan
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Family law 2016 BCSC 310

Fawcett v. Read

On rehearing, the court set aside an interim contact order and restored the status quo, holding the claimant had not proved contact was in the child’s best interests.

  • Contact with non-guardian
  • Best interests of the child
  • Standard of review for master's orders
  • Parental responsibilities and deference to guardian
  • Status quo pending trial
  • Best-interests-of-the-child
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Legal profession 2015 BCSC 1946

Mitroi v. Epstein

Registrar upheld a lawyer’s bill under the Legal Profession Act, finding no flat-fee retainer agreement and holding the charges reasonable.

  • Retainer agreement
  • Fee assessment
  • Bill review
  • Supervised access
  • Legal costs
  • Bill-review
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Family law 2014 BCSC 241

L.A.H. v. A.M.H.

Application to vary or terminate spousal support dismissed because the defendant did not prove a material change in circumstances since the earlier order.

  • Variation of spousal support
  • Material change of circumstances
  • Imputation of income
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Variation-of-spousal-support
  • Material-change-of-circumstances
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Family law 2012 ONCA 899

Perino v. Perino

The appeal is dismissed because the trial judge provided cogent reasons for imputing income to the appellant, including findings of misrepresentation and inclusion of barter value, and properly relied on findings of parental alienation to support imputation of income; the imputation to the respondent of a 30-hour week at $10 per hour was not shown to be unreasonable; no error of principle or palpable misapprehension of evidence was demonstrated.

  • Spousal support
  • Income imputation
  • Parental alienation
  • Underemployment
  • Access monitoring
  • Sunset clause
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Family law 2011 BCSC 974

Cyr v. Cyr

The court varied summer parenting time, set 2012 holiday rotation rules, imposed email response timelines, and declined to order a general duty of “respect.”

  • Summer holidays schedule
  • Communication protocols between parents
  • Contempt alleged for failure to sign order
  • Daycare expense arrears and enforcement
  • Parenting conduct guidance
  • Family-law
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Family law 2010 BCSC 1603

Sidhu v. Sidhu

Les motifs supplémentaires rejettent la demande de réexamen: la Cour maintient l’essentiel des minutes de règlement, fixe certains libellés et n’impose pas d’autres modifications.

  • Judicial settlement conference
  • Minutes of settlement
  • Reconsideration of un-entered orders
  • Supplemental reasons
  • Miscarriage of justice standard
  • Enforcement and drafting of settlement terms
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Family law 2009 BCSC 157

Foster v. Fikkert

The court ordered six months of counselling-only access, then resumed access under the 2001 order, and refused retroactive child support variation except for one year of arrears.

  • Views of the child report
  • Access suspension
  • Counselling prior to resumed access
  • Retroactive variation of child support
  • Arrears cancellation
  • Fmep default charges
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Family law 2008 NSSC 263

Colpitts v. Fraser

The court held that Paige remains a child of the marriage and is dependent; Mr. Colpitts underpaid support in prior years and failed to comply with disclosure obligations; the court calculated arrears, credited prior payments, fixed arrears at $3,000, ordered ongoing support adjustments effective April 1, 2008, required Mr. Colpitts to pay $200/month for Paige and to be obligated to pay $443/month going forward, and permitted an interim repayment schedule of $943/month until arrears are cleared after which maintenance reduces to $443/month.

  • Section 7 expenses
  • Child of the marriage
  • Child support guidelines
  • Arrears calculation
  • Income disclosure
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Family law 2008 BCSC 557

Hughes v. Khalighi

The court varied a prior order allowing a child’s travel to New Zealand and extended the return deadline to British Columbia to May 31, 2008.

  • Permission to travel
  • Variation of court order
  • Child return deadline
  • Family-law
  • Child-custody-access
  • International-travel
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