Sign in
Canada Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

Canada Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
1 court collection
Last checked

Canada decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Family law 2020 BCSC 647

M.J.P. v. A.E.

Family law judgment on guardianship, parenting time, child support, a child name change request, and unresolved property valuation issues.

  • Best interests of the child
  • Guardianship appointment
  • Contact orders
  • Parenting responsibilities
  • Child support guidelines
  • Name change procedure
Read case analysis
Family law 2016 BCSC 288

Zazula v. Zazula

The court granted the divorce, changed the respondent’s surname to Howe, awarded the mother sole custody with joint guardianship, and ordered spousal support.

  • Sole custody
  • Joint guardianship
  • Access
  • Compensatory spousal support
  • Child support guidelines
  • Relocation considerations
Read case analysis
Family law 2012 BCSC 1354

Landa-McAuliffe v. Boland

Application in a family proceeding: the court refused a police enforcement clause, ordered the child’s surname changed to Boland-Landa, and clarified disclosure and access terms.

  • Police enforcement order
  • Parens patriae jurisdiction
  • Best interests of the child
  • Hyphenated surname order
  • Forfeiture of access
  • Financial disclosure
Read case analysis
Family law 2010 BCSC 1063

M.F.R. v. B.P.R.

The court found parental advances were gifts, not loans, and ordered property division, shared custody, child support, spousal support and pension division.

  • Gifts versus loans
  • Resulting trust
  • Reapportionment under family relations act s.65
  • Shared custody and guideline calculations
  • Undue hardship under child support guidelines s.10
  • Cohabitation and its effect on spousal support
Read case analysis
Family law 2005 BCSC 1180

S.J. v. J.J.

The court adjourned the adult child support claim for more evidence and dismissed the defendant’s spousal support claim, with costs left to each party.

  • Definition of child of the marriage
  • Adult child support and evidentiary requirements
  • Grounds for spousal support (compensatory, contractual, non‑compensatory)
  • Imputation of income
  • Adjournment for further evidence
  • Adult-child-support
Read case analysis
Family law 2003 BCSC 1135

R.M.J. v. P.N.J.

Family proceeding granting divorce and name change, with equal division of family assets subject to credits for occupational rent, expenditures, and recreational property costs.

  • Occupational rent
  • Equal division of family assets
  • Retroactive child support
  • Pension division
  • Rrsp spousal rollover
  • Expenditures reimbursement
Read case analysis
Family law 2002 BCSC 579

Chesley v. Chesley

The court refused to vary child support on a shared-custody basis, ordered the father to pay 59% of orthodontic costs, and granted the mother's name change.

  • Shared custody (s.9 guidelines)
  • Undue hardship/variation (s.10 guidelines)
  • Income imputation
  • Special or extraordinary expenses (orthodontics)
  • Costs
  • Child-support
Read case analysis
Family law 2001 BCSC 919

Harder v. Harder

Divorce granted; a mediation memorandum was held non-binding. Child support was adjourned for more evidence, and spousal support was set at $2,000 per month.

  • Division of family assets
  • Reapportionment
  • Interim spousal support
  • Retroactive support
  • Validity of mediation memorandum
  • Valuation of assets
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

Canada decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.