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Family law 2021 BCCA 244

Lipskaya v. Guo

The Court held leave to appeal was not required for an order cancelling a CPL and FMEA charges, and directed that the appeal be heard together with a related support appeal.

  • Certificate of pending litigation
  • Family maintenance enforcement act
  • Land title act
  • Leave to appeal
  • Limited appeal orders
  • Consolidation of appeals
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Family law 2020 BCSC 2090

Lipskaya v. Guo

The court cancelled a CPL and two FMEA charges against the Chilliwack property, finding no pleaded interest in land and no authority for the respondent’s registrations.

  • Certificate of pending litigation
  • Family maintenance enforcement act
  • Constructive trust
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Fraudulent conveyance
  • Security for child support
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Family law 2019 BCCA 214

Kjosness v. Kjosness

The Court of Appeal dismissed a husband’s appeal seeking retroactive spousal support variation, cancellation of arrears, and relief from enforcement orders.

  • Spousal support
  • Variation of support order
  • Arrearages
  • Security for maintenance
  • Financial disclosure
  • Family maintenance enforcement act
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Family law 2019 BCCA 47

Dorey v. Havens

The Court of Appeal dismissed a father’s appeal over bankruptcy, child support, s. 7 expenses, and bias, upholding characterization of some costs as maintenance.

  • Child support
  • Maintenance
  • Costs
  • S. 7 extraordinary expenses
  • Bankruptcy discharge
  • Apportionment of costs
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Family law 2017 BCSC 2206

Dorey v. Havens

The court held that prior child-support-related awards and costs fell within the FMEA definition of maintenance, rejected bankruptcy as a bar, and enforced outstanding s. 7 expenses.

  • Child support
  • Maintenance
  • Section 7 expenses (extraordinary expenses)
  • Family maintenance enforcement act
  • Bankruptcy discharge and s.178 bia
  • Costs orders
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Family law 2015 BCSC 1368

Ram v. British Columbia (Family Maintenance Enforcement Program)

Aplicación sobre fondos de acuerdo retenidos por una orden de embargo fiscal. El tribunal la dejó en suspenso en espera de la apelación en Loft y no concedió costas.

  • Notice of attachment
  • Family maintenance enforcement act
  • Third‑party indemnity and attachment
  • Adjournment pending appeal
  • Family-maintenance-enforcement-act
  • Notice-of-attachment
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Civil procedure 2015 BCSC 198

Loft v. Nat

The court held neither party achieved substantial success and dismissed the defendants’ bid for costs and double costs after finding their settlement offers were not reasonably acceptible.

  • Offers to settle
  • Substantial success analysis
  • Notice of attachment
  • Family maintenance enforcement act
  • Double costs
  • Timing and capacity to accept offers
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Family law 2011 BCSC 290

D.P.G. v. M.A.G.

The court dismissed an application to retroactively reduce child support, uphold enforcement relief, and return a passport, finding no material change in income.

  • Child support
  • Variation/retroactive modification
  • Enforcement of support orders
  • Family maintenance enforcement act
  • Federal licence/passport denial
  • Child-support
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Civil procedure 2008 BCSC 7

Carten v. HMTQ

Application to strike a petition under Rule 19(24) succeeded. The court held the pleading disclosed no reasonable claim and made a restrictive order tied to related maintenance proceedings.

  • Strike pleadings
  • Abuse of process
  • Rule 19(24)
  • Family maintenance enforcement act
  • Injunctions
  • Costs
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Family law 2007 BCSC 785

Schmidt v. Schmidt

The court dismissed a father's request to vary child support and cancel arrears, finding he was intentionally under-employed and could earn $40,000 annually.

  • Imputed income
  • Intentional underemployment
  • Variation of order
  • Child support arrears
  • Stay of enforcement
  • Family maintenance enforcement act
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