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Family law 2020 BCSC 1231

Leering v. Leering

La Cour a accordé en partie une ordonnance provisoire modifiant rétroactivement une ordonnance ontarienne de pension alimentaire pour enfants, a maintenu l’assurance-vie et a ajourné les mesures d’exécution FMEP.

  • Variation of child support
  • Retroactive variation
  • Material change of circumstances
  • Child of the marriage/age of majority
  • Allegations of parental alienation
  • Life insurance security for child support
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Family law 2014 NSSC 357

Bexson v. Slawter

Under the ISOA the court applies Nova Scotia law which permits ordering paternity testing and drawing an adverse inference from a mother's failure to submit; therefore the court ordered the mother and child to submit to DNA testing by specified deadlines and warned that failure would lead to a declaration that the respondent is not the father and dismissal of the support application.

  • Paternity testing
  • Burden and consequences of non-cooperation
  • Maintenance entitlement
  • Jurisdiction and applicable law
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Family law 2013 BCSC 1663

Kennelly v. Kennelly

The court granted a provisional variation of spousal support, terminated ongoing payments, and reduced arrears from about $46,000 to $10,000, subject to confirmation in Ontario.

  • Variation of support order
  • Provisional order
  • Arrears reduction
  • Jurisdiction
  • Material change of circumstances
  • Spousal-support
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Criminal law 2013 BCCA 168

R. v. Bui

The Court of Appeal upheld a three-year sentence for production of marijuana, holding that Saskatchewan sentencing norms and the joint submission made the sentence fit.

  • Production of marijuana
  • Joint submission
  • Waiver of jurisdiction s.478(3)
  • Regional sentencing disparities
  • Sentencing
  • Joint-submission
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Family law 2012 BCSC 1153

Loesch v. Loesch

La Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique refuse de confirmer une ordonnance provisoire albertine en matière de pension alimentaire pour enfants, faute de conditions procédurales et de changement de circonstances.

  • Variation of child support
  • Provisional order confirmation
  • Jurisdictional prerequisites under divorce act ss.18-19
  • Change of circumstances
  • Federal child support guidelines
  • Child-support
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Family law 2011 BCSC 1824

Gnanaseelan v. Gnanaseelan

The court made a provisional order varying child support to nil because the payer had lost his job and was on social assistance, while applying the Divorce Act’s interprovincial procedure.

  • Variation of child support
  • Provisional order
  • Service of process
  • Income change
  • Retroactive variation
  • Cancellation of arrears
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Family law 2003 BCSC 1098

J.P.S. v. T.E.S.

The court confirmed a provisional support order in part, allowing cancellation of spousal support arrears and post-majority arrears, but not child support arrears accrued before age 19.

  • Variation of support
  • Confirmation of provisional order
  • Arrears
  • Paternity
  • Apportionment
  • Family-law
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