Canada Case Law

A.B. v. C.D.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The 2009 marriage agreement is enforceable and not unconscionable in formation or substance; except for two specified reallocations to address fairness (transfer of the Hyundai Palisade and transfer of an investment), property is divided under the marriage agreement; respondent's Guidelines income is calculated using a non-capital eroding approach without a personal tax gross-up producing 2023: $632,373, 2024: $499,746, 2025 (averaged): $484,634; child support and spousal support are ordered prospectively and arrears determined to March 31, 2026; Y. to remain with claimant with no court-order…

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• Marriage agreement enforceability
• Unconscionability
• Division of matrimonial property
• Child support (guidelines)
• Spousal support (ssag)
• Section 7 expenses

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C.G. v. D.M.G.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Because the claimant was the successful party and had made an offer to settle that the respondent rejected yet the final judgment was more favourable to the claimant than the offer, double costs for steps after February 21, 2025 were warranted; given the respondent did not oppose the draft bill and an assessment would impose further unnecessary expense, the court exercised its discretion to award lump sum costs and fixed a global award of $70,000 covering tariff costs, disbursements and double costs.

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• Parenting time
• Offer to settle
• Double costs
• Lump sum costs
• Costs assessment
• Parenting coordinator

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T.Y.W. v. V.Y.W.L.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Balancing the s.37 FLA factors and the need to preserve aspects of the status quo, the court ordered a graduated interim parenting plan to introduce overnight parenting at the father's residence in phases, ordered counselling under s.224 with a defined selection protocol and interim cost allocation (father 80%/mother 20% of joint sessions), granted mutual conduct orders to minimize children's exposure to conflict, declined to appoint a parenting coordinator as premature and adjourned that application for reassessment after July 1, 2026, and reserved costs with a timetable for written submissi…

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• Parenting time
• Best interests of the child
• Counselling orders (s.224 fla)
• Parenting coordinator
• Conduct orders (ss.222/227 fla)
• Interim orders

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C.G. v. D.M.G.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

En una disputa de familia sobre crianza, el tribunal otorgó al padre el tiempo parental principal y la responsabilidad decisoria, con órdenes sobre consejería infantil y conducta mutua.

• Parenting time
• Decision-making responsibility
• Section 211 evaluation
• Parenting coordinator
• Counselling for children
• Mutual conduct orders (s.222 fla)

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M.S.G. v. I.K.G.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court granted a limited interim expansion of the claimant’s parenting time, ordered a Views of the Child report, required financial disclosure, and kept the protection order otherwise in place.

• Parenting time
• Variation of protection order
• Views of the child report
• Parenting coordinator
• Disclosure of financial records
• Section 183(3)(b) family law act

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V.G. v. K.S.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court dismissed a father's bid to end supervised parenting and expand time with his child, while granting limited reimbursement, disclosure, and costs relief.

• Parenting time
• Supervised visitation
• Variation of final order
• Best interests of the child
• S.7 special and extraordinary expenses
• Parenting coordinator

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F.K.L. v. D.M.A.T.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court dismissed a mother's relocation application to move the child from Gold River to Comox, finding no material change in circumstances and leaving the parenting order unchanged.

• Relocation
• Variation of parenting order
• Views of the child
• Best interests of the child
• Material change in circumstances
• Parenting coordinator

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A.K. v. N.R.P.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Family law trial addressing parenting, property division, support, and conduct orders. The court ordered shared parenting, property equalization, support, and a divorce.

• Parenting time
• Parental responsibilities
• Family violence
• Section 211 assessment
• Excluded property
• Dissipation of assets

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C.P. v. S.P.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Cross applications to vary parenting and support orders were mostly dismissed; the court kept the shared parenting regime, fined C.P. for wrongful denial of parenting time, and retained the bond.

• Variation of final orders
• Wrongful denial of parenting time
• Imputation of income
• Parenting coordinator
• Children's counselling and decision-making
• Contempt and sanctions

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S.K.W. v. C.M.W.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Post-trial family law applications largely failed, but the court granted limited variational relief, including C1 parenting changes, support adjustments, and costs to the father.

• S.7 expenses
• Federal child support guidelines
• Guideline income
• Parenting coordinator
• Equalization payments
• Ceba loan repayment

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