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Family law 2025 BCSC 787

L.S.R. v. C.A.R.

The court determined the parents’ incomes for child support, declined to impute income to the claimant for completing her degree, and ordered varied support.

  • Income determination
  • Imputation of income
  • Averaging of income
  • Corporate income and add-backs
  • Business expense gross-up
  • Parenting schedule
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Family law 2025 BCSC 94

Tyrell v. Tyrell

Summary trial in a family law dispute: divorce granted, property and debt divided, retroactive and ongoing spousal support ordered, and digital currency records required.

  • Equalization of family property
  • Valuation of privately held corporation
  • Ssag and income assessment under guidelines s.18
  • Date of separation for valuation
  • Digital currency disclosure
  • Retroactive tax characterization of support payments
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Family law 2023 BCSC 591

Olk v. Olk

The court held the February 2011 transfer of the No. 5 Road Property was a fraudulent conveyance, imputed income to Balbir, and ordered child support, s. 7 expenses, security, and reapportionment.

  • Division of family assets
  • Fraudulent transfer of property
  • Resulting/constructive trust
  • Imputation of income
  • Section 7 special expenses
  • Reapportionment of family assets
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Family law 2019 BCSC 1428

Sigalet v. Hunt

The court awarded limited retroactive child support, set prospective support at $238 monthly, and ordered contributions to Brentwood College tuition, while rejecting most other retroactive s. 7 claims.

  • Retroactive child support
  • Section 7 expenses
  • Gross-up of on-reserve income
  • Deferred salary attribution
  • Prospective child support
  • Disclosure obligations
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Family law 2017 NSSC 277

Hendrix v. Rivard

The court found a material change in circumstances because the applicant became unable to work due to a serious hip injury and his income fell below the Nova Scotia table threshold; therefore child support was terminated effective June 1, 2017 and arrears for that period forgiven, and repayment of garnisheed sums since that date was denied because of lack of evidence of the respondent's financial circumstances and prior underpayments by the applicant.

  • Change in circumstances
  • Garnishment
  • Retroactive variation
  • Arrears calculation
  • Cpp disability benefits
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Family law 2015 BCCA 521

Sullivan v. Struck

Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique: la Cour conclut que la répondante se tenait à la place d’un parent pour l’enfant de l’appelant, confirme l’imputation de revenu et renvoie le calcul de sa propre pension alimentaire.

  • Standing in place of a parent (step‑parent liability)
  • Chartier factors
  • Imputation of income under federal child support guidelines
  • Retroactive child support
  • Financial disclosure obligations
  • Set‑off and apportionment between biological and step‑parents
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Family law 2013 NSFC 25

Wile v. Wile

The court imputed the father's income (average $18,500 for 2010‑2012 and $17,130 for 2013), found no lawful excuse for non‑payment, awarded retroactive child support fixed at $9,875, ordered ongoing basic support of $270 monthly effective November 1, 2013, directed payments through the Maintenance Enforcement Program, ordered immediate and ongoing income disclosure by the father and limited section 7 awards to a $21 monthly contribution toward health insurance effective August 1, 2013; other s.7 claims were denied for lack of quantification and evidence.

  • Retroactive child support
  • Section 7 child maintenance guidelines expenses
  • Income imputation
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Mode of payment through maintenance enforcement program
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Family law 2012 BCSC 1430

L.C.E. v. E.S.B.

The court varied child and spousal support, recalculated the payor’s guideline income, ordered nominal spousal support, and fixed child care contributions.

  • Variation of support
  • Retroactive child support
  • Child care expenses
  • Income imputation
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Set-off/credits
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Family law 2011 BCSC 766

Ragan v. Ragan

On a Divorce Act application, the court found a material change in circumstances and reduced spousal support from $4,500 to $1,460 monthly, with arrears adjusted accordingly.

  • Variation of spousal support
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Change in circumstances
  • Income attribution and gross-up
  • Arrears
  • Spousal-support-variation
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Family law 2009 BCCA 458

Beninger v. Beninger

The Court of Appeal upheld the variation order, including the respondent’s 2008 guideline income and increased spousal support, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Variation of support orders
  • Child support guidelines
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Standard of review on appeal
  • Disclosure and business expense deductions
  • Application of s.17(4.1) of the divorce act
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