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Family law 2024 BCSC 2211

Fairleigh v. Grieser

The court fixed a maximum reasonable childcare contribution of $110 per day for school-year weekday care provided by the claimant’s mother and disallowed contribution for eight summer 2024 childcare days.

  • Section 7 expenses
  • Reasonableness of childcare costs
  • Non-arm's-length service provider
  • Child-support
  • Childcare-expenses
  • Family-law
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Family law 2019 NSSC 335

M.G. v. D.R.

Contempt was dismissed because the applicant failed to prove the allegations beyond a reasonable doubt: the applicant's own email created reasonable doubt about an enforceable mobility restriction, and the applicant had agreed to amended parenting arrangements and professional intervention for the period complained of, precluding a willful breach; the court therefore declined to make a contempt finding.

  • Contempt for breach of corollary relief order
  • Mobility restriction breach
  • Denial of parenting time
  • Use of professional services as alternative to contempt
  • Standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt
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Family law 2019 BCSC 375

MacLean v. Mio

The court varied child support and parenting terms, found no shared custody of S., held T. remained a child until age 19, and refused to cancel spousal arrears.

  • Variation of order
  • Review vs variation
  • Withdrawal from parental charge
  • Shared custody (s.9 guidelines)
  • Extraordinary expenses (s.7)
  • Imputation of income (s.19 guidelines)
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Family law 2018 BCSC 1720

Duquesne v. Hill

Interim child and spousal support were ordered, parenting time was increased on a staged schedule, and retroactive support and arrears were left for trial.

  • Interim support
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Child support calculations
  • Parenting time schedule
  • Best interests of the child
  • Retroactive support and arrears
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Family law 2013 BCSC 1889

Koch v. Underhill

The court fixed the parties’ incomes, rejected claims of under-employment and non-credible disclosure, dismissed both s. 7 expense claims, denied summer offset support, and awarded costs to Ms. Koch.

  • Section 7 expenses
  • Income determination
  • Imputation of income
  • Non-disclosure and sanctions
  • Access/overholding
  • Child support guidelines
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Family law 2013 BCSC 1323

N.P. v. I.V.

The court held the respondent stood in the place of a parent to M., kept support income at $48,000, cancelled arrears attributable after M.'s 18th birthday, and granted a restraining order.

  • Child of the marriage
  • Variation of child support
  • Arrears cancellation
  • Imputed income
  • Restraining order
  • Parenting coordinator/supervision
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Family law 2012 NSSC 272

Dodman v. Chiola

Respondent's sustained and substantial increase in income (from about $21,000 to about $35,262) since the Corollary Relief Order constituted a material change justifying variation of spousal support; spousal support reduced to zero effective with the applicant's payment on July 26, 2012. Table child support was recalculated using actual incomes for specified periods (resulting in monthly amounts of $1,121 from July–Dec 2011, $1,116 Jan–June 2012, and $1,185 from July 2012–June 2013). A contribution to Samuel's tutoring was ordered ($64/month) under s.7 after finding necessity and reasonablene…

  • Variation vs review
  • Material change
  • Federal child support guidelines s.3 and s.7
  • Parenting time modification
  • International travel consent
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Family law 2012 BCSC 50

Reis v. Bucholtz

Post-trial family law applications addressed spousal support variation, child support recalculation, access scheduling, and section 7 expenses. Spousal support variation was dismissed.

  • Variation
  • Material change of circumstances
  • Income imputation/normalization
  • Section 7 special expenses
  • Access scheduling
  • Family-law
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Family law 2011 BCSC 1565

K.C. v. J.B.,

Interim family-law orders on income imputation, support, access, trust funds, disclosure, and costs in a British Columbia matrimonial proceeding.

  • Income imputation
  • Retroactive support
  • Extraordinary expenses (orthodontics)
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Parental alienation
  • Supervised access
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Family law 2010 BCSC 1432

Muller v. Muller

In a family-law chambers application, the court held the defendant's motion was unnecessary and awarded the plaintiff lump sum costs of $800 inclusive of disbursements.

  • Parenting coordinator
  • Financial disclosure
  • Travel authorization
  • Unilateral setting of motions
  • Costs assessment
  • Enforcement
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