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Family law 2025 BCCA 271

Bradley v. Callahan

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application to reopen this family-law appeal, holding there was no miscarriage of justice and no need for further guidance on payment terms.

  • Fairness of marriage agreements
  • Reapportionment of property
  • Valuation of contingent interests
  • Reopening appeals
  • Tax consequences of awards
  • Trial court discretion on structuring payments
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1522

Buchman v. Friedland

The court dismissed a late counterclaim for occupational rent, found it an abuse of process, and ordered the parties to cooperate in obtaining a Jewish divorce get.

  • Occupational rent
  • Marriage agreement validity
  • Res judicata / issue estoppel
  • Abuse of process
  • Get (jewish divorce)
  • Costs
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1133

F.S. v. C.S.

The court dismissed C.S.’s application for interim spousal support, finding no material change in circumstances and no prima facie entitlement to further support.

  • Interim spousal support
  • Material change in circumstances
  • Variation of interim orders
  • Inherent jurisdiction
  • Validitiy of marriage agreement
  • Interim-spousal-support
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Family law 2024 BCSC 163

Bradley v. Callahan

The court upheld the marriage agreement, declined equal division of the Argus Group, awarded lump sum spousal support, and ended child support as of December 31, 2022.

  • Marriage agreement validity and operational unfairness
  • Division of corporate assets
  • Lump sum spousal support
  • Retroactive support claims
  • Child of the marriage (majority and education)
  • Sufficiency of disclosure
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Family law 2022 BCSC 1048

Gershkovitch v. Bailey

Post-trial costs ruling in a family law dispute: the court found neither party achieved substantial success and ordered each side to bear their own costs.

  • Spousal support
  • Marriage agreement fairness and variation
  • Unconscionability/duress
  • Equity calculation in family home
  • Costs awarding principles
  • Family-law-costs
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Family law 2022 BCSC 1317

F.C.S. v. C.E.S

The court dismissed a respondent’s request for an interim advance from family property, finding the marriage agreement challenge lacked sufficient merit and necessity.

  • Interim distribution of family property
  • Validity and set aside of marriage agreement (duress/unconscionability)
  • Shared property/registration
  • Spousal support
  • Parenting and s.211 assessor
  • Family-law
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Family law 2021 BCSC 763

Bandpey v. Talebpourazad

The court set aside a marriage agreement, found undisclosed foreign assets, divided family property equally, ordered lump sum spousal support, and set child support terms.

  • Marriage agreement setting aside
  • Undisclosed assets and imputation
  • Unequal/half asset division under fra s.65
  • Lump sum compensatory spousal support
  • Post-secondary educational expenses
  • Credible evidence and nondisclosure sanctions
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Family law 2018 BCSC 2102

McLaughlan v. Nestor

Costs decision in a family case: the court found neither party substantially successful and ordered each side to bear its own costs, with no costs consequences from settlement offers.

  • Marriage agreement enforceability
  • Enforcement of prenuptial/separation agreement
  • Spousal support (retroactive and ongoing)
  • Reapportionment of family property (s.65 fra)
  • Offers to settle and costs (rule 11-1)
  • Costs following event (rule 16-1)
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Family law 2018 BCCA 199

H.S.S. v. S.H.D.

Court of Appeal remitted reapportionment and spousal support for fresh determination, finding errors in treating speculative inheritances and in the reasons given.

  • Reapportionment under s.65 fra
  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Compensatory vs needs-based spousal support
  • Treatment of contingent trust interests
  • Relevance of potential inheritances
  • Application of spousal support advisory guidelines
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Family law 2017 BCSC 1620

H.S.S. v. S.H.D.

The court held that the claimant was not substantially successful in this family law costs ruling and ordered each party to bear their own costs.

  • Marriage agreement validity
  • Variation under s.65 family relations act
  • Undue influence
  • Unconscionability
  • Reapportionment
  • Date of separation
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