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Family law 2025 BCSC 2166

Akerberg v. Cheng

The court severed the spouse-status issue, dismissed an interim-funding request, granted a s. 91 restraint, limited document production, and allowed only a narrow amendment.

  • Spousal status under family law act s.3
  • Interim distribution under s.89
  • Restraint of disposition under s.91
  • Bifurcation/severance of issues
  • Enforceability of cohabitation agreement (duress/unfairness)
  • Amendment of pleadings for tort claims
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Family law 2025 BCSC 703

Luo v. Chan

The court adjourned an interim application to sell the parties’ home, finding too many unresolved issues about disclosure, overseas assets, and property rights. Limited relief was granted on a RRSP restraint.

  • Sale of matrimonial/home
  • Excluded property
  • Interim sale
  • Discovery and disclosure
  • Equalization
  • Variation of restraining orders
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Family law 2023 ONCA 88

Lakhtakia v. Mehra

The appeal is dismissed because the trial judge’s factual findings — that the appellant was a flight risk warranting supervised parenting time, that the appellant was the beneficial owner of UWA for support purposes, that support and restraining orders were appropriate, and that full indemnity costs were justified by prolonged misconduct — are supported by the record and entitled to appellate deference; however, the trial judge’s gratuitous declaration regarding share ownership exceeded jurisdiction and must be deleted from the order.

  • Supervised parenting time
  • Beneficial ownership of corporate assets
  • Declaration of ownership and jurisdiction
  • Support determination and calculation
  • Restraining order to prevent dissipation of assets
  • Leave to appeal costs
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Family law 2022 BCSC 2175

Kular v. Kular

The court varied parenting transportation and child support, unfroze two RBC accounts, and ordered each party to bear their own costs.

  • Pickup and drop-off arrangements
  • Variation of child support
  • Unfreezing of bank accounts
  • Disclosure of income and employment
  • Costs
  • Child-support
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Family law 2022 BCSC 1004

Lee v. Jung

Interim parenting arrangements were ordered to restore the child’s pre-separation routine, with parenting time split between the parents and the paternal grandmother’s care continuing.

  • Best interests of the child
  • Interim parenting arrangements
  • Family violence allegations and credibility
  • Without‑notice financial restraining orders
  • Assessment of costs and special costs
  • Best-interests-of-the-child
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Family law 2017 BCSC 1278

J.V.V. v. D.H.L.

The court granted the mother sole guardianship, limited the father to supervised contact conditions, and ordered child support, spousal support, asset division, and protection orders.

  • Guardianship
  • Parental responsibilities
  • Child support
  • Spousal support
  • Property division
  • Family violence
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Family law 2017 BCSC 505

D.L.T. v. K.K.M.

The court dismissed a father's request to restrain the mother from attending his home or following the child during parenting time, finding the incident did not justify a restraining order.

  • Attendance at other's residence
  • Prohibition on following during parenting time
  • Police involvement in parenting exchanges
  • Allegations of sexual abuse
  • High-conflict parenting litigation
  • Parenting-time
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Family law 2015 BCSC 1810

Slogoski v. Mullan

Court awarded the respondent sole guardianship and primary parental responsibilities, finding the claimant’s credibility severely impaired and her parenting time should be supervised.

  • Best interests of the child
  • Parental responsibilities
  • Supervised parenting time
  • Family violence findings
  • Credibility of witnesses
  • Parenting coordination
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Family law 2014 BCSC 2366

Dhillon v. Kumar

The court granted limited restraining orders and ordered sale of the Surrey property with sole conduct to the claimant, but dismissed the respondent's bid to expand parenting time.

  • Parenting time
  • Sale of property
  • Sole conduct of sale
  • Restraint/protection orders
  • Adjournment of support issues
  • Costs
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Family law 2014 BCSC 1677

Stano v. Stano

The court ordered spousal support, found a resulting trust over a transferred condominium, divided the parents’ equity equally, granted divorce, and extended a restraining order.

  • Resulting trust presumption for gratuitous transfers to adult children
  • Retroactive and ongoing spousal support calculation
  • Division and apportionment of family assets under family relations act s65
  • Accounting and trustee reimbursements
  • Adequacy of independent legal advice
  • Interim restraining orders
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