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Family law 2021 BCSC 1572

Waters v. Taylor

The court found the denial of parenting time wrongful, ordered compensatory parenting time and monetary reimbursement, varied child support prospectively, and refused a police enforcement clause.

  • Denial of parenting time
  • Compensatory parenting time
  • Variation of consent order
  • Child support variation
  • Police enforcement clause
  • Costs
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Family law 2018 NSSC 58

Khoury v. Khoury

Because the parties expressly agreed in the Consent Variation Order to a fixed monthly spousal support amount and expressly barred any variation, and because the applicant failed to meet the burden to impugn or show a basis for variation, the court must dismiss the application to vary the order.

  • Variation of consent order
  • Finality of settlements
  • Burden of proof
  • Enforceability under divorce act
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Family law 2016 BCSC 695

Whiting v. Berry

Application to vary spousal support dismissed: no material change in circumstances was shown, and the court held the consent order should remain in place.

  • Variation of consent order
  • Material change in circumstances
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Child tax benefit entitlement
  • Income imputation
  • Spousal-support
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Family law 2016 BCSC 2

Collette v. Collette

Family law application about spousal and child support review, income imputation, retroactivity, and s. 7 expenses after a prior consent order.

  • Spousal support
  • Child support
  • Income imputation
  • Retroactive support
  • Extraordinary expenses (s.7)
  • Interpretation of consent orders
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Family law 2015 NSSC 344

Nickerson v. Ammouri

The Consent Order's fixed childcare contribution remains binding and cannot be varied; retroactive section 7 claims are barred for periods prior to the Consent Order; government benefits (child tax and disability) are not shareable unless they directly relate to the specific section 7 expense claimed and, after accounting for incomes and applicable benefits, no cost sharing of the contested section 7 expenses (medical premiums, psychological, tutoring, and extra-curricular) was ordered; table child support adjusted to $831.60/month as of July 1, 2015; Mr. Nickerson must provide March Break no…

  • Section 7 expenses
  • Retroactive support
  • Income determination
  • Parenting time
  • Consent order finality
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Family law 2014 BCSC 1860

Connolly v. Connolly

The court denied cancellation of arrears and ongoing spousal support, but granted a spousal support variation and declared the daughter no longer a child of the marriage.

  • Variation of spousal support
  • Cancellation of arrears
  • Interpretation of consent order
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Material change in circumstances
  • Children of the marriage determination
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Family law 2012 BCSC 1442

R.B.O. v. D.R.E.

The court partially reduced child support arrears, imputed reduced income to the claimant, varied ongoing support for one child, and dismissed claims to recover prior settlement amounts.

  • Child support arrears
  • Variation of consent orders
  • Imputation of income
  • Special expenses
  • Orthodontic expense allocation
  • Msp premiums
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Family law 2010 BCSC 720

Steede-Mechler v. Mechler

The court adjourned a spousal support variation application as premature after the defendant’s stroke, leaving $1,000 monthly support in place and reserving costs.

  • Material change of circumstances
  • Review of spousal support
  • Adjournment
  • Retroactive reduction
  • Spousal-support
  • Material-change-of-circumstances
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Family law 2010 BCSC 265

McArthur v. Besier

The court refused to vary or extend time-limited spousal support under a 2005 consent order, but increased child support to $983 per month retroactive to July 1, 2009.

  • Variation of spousal support
  • Time-limited spousal support
  • Child support guidelines
  • Income determination
  • Retroactive support
  • Extraordinary expenses
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Family law 2007 ONCA 369

Loit v. Gove

Because the amended notice of motion sought broader relief and the motions judge had a more complete record, he was entitled to decide on the merits; the matter was not res judicata and dismissal of the motion to vary support was within his discretion.

  • Variation of support
  • Consent support order
  • Financial disclosure
  • Res judicata
  • Costs
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