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Family law 2025 BCSC 1627

T.A.M. v. A.E.B.K.

Family law trial about parenting time, decision-making, and communications. The court admitted a psychiatric report, weighed two s. 211 reports, and ordered equal parenting time with shared responsibilities.

  • Best interests of the child
  • Parenting time
  • Parental responsibilities
  • Section 211 reports
  • Expert admissibility
  • Family violence
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1510

S.P.L.L. v. H.I.C.

Interim family-law orders granted on parenting, home occupancy, support, and experts, with prior Provincial Court orders partly set aside.

  • Parenting arrangements
  • Exclusive occupancy / nesting
  • Family violence
  • Section 211 reports
  • Parenting coordinator
  • Imputed income
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Family law 2023 BCSC 1537

E.S. v. G.D.S.

The court denied a proposed relocation of four children from Salt Spring Island to Calgary, finding their best interests favoured the status quo and giving little weight to the relocation report.

  • Relocation
  • Best interests of the child
  • Section 211 reports
  • Burden of proof on relocation
  • Notice requirements under divorce act
  • Parenting time
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Family law 2021 BCSC 1249

D.M.F. v. T.J.D.

The court upheld equal parenting time, ordered a s. 211 report and counselling, rejected drug-testing and supervised parenting, and ordered a $2,500 payment for wrongful withholding.

  • Parenting time and residence
  • Denial of parenting time (s.61-62 fla)
  • Section 211 reports
  • Police enforceability of parenting orders (s.231 fla)
  • Substance use restrictions
  • Decision-making authority
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Family law 2020 BCSC 1952

Munroe v. Elisseeva

Interim parenting decision restoring a week-on/week-off schedule, finding the prior arrangement remained the status quo and was in the children’s best interests.

  • Parenting time
  • Best interests of the child
  • Informal parenting agreements
  • Section 211 reports
  • Status quo
  • Parenting-time
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Family law 2019 BCSC 2052

J.C.L. v. S.J.L.L.

The court denied a father’s application to vary parenting arrangements and ordered that the child attend Montgomery Middle School in Coquitlam, finding that choice best served the child’s interests.

  • Best interests of the child
  • Variation of separation agreement
  • Views of the child report
  • Section 211 reports
  • Primary residence determination
  • Best-interests-of-the-child
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Family law 2018 BCSC 698

R.J.M. v. A.N.M.

Family law variation proceeding concerning parenting arrangements, child support, and a s. 211 report. The court found a material change, kept the weekly schedule, and set new support terms.

  • Guardianship
  • Parenting arrangements
  • Variation of order
  • Best interests of the child
  • Parental alienation
  • Section 211 reports
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Family law 2016 BCSC 2020

Sandhu v. Bhullar

The court excluded a psychologist’s five-page commentary on a section 211 report because it was meant only to aid cross-examination and added no independent expert opinion.

  • Admissibility of expert/critique reports
  • Section 211 reports
  • Cross-examination as testing mechanism
  • Gatekeeping discretion
  • Section-211-reports
  • Expert-evidence
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Family law 2016 BCSC 780

S.D.H. v. T.H.

Costs decision in a family law parenting dispute. The court found both sides had some success, but the respondent was more successful overall and received 75% of her costs.

  • Parenting time
  • Parental decision-making
  • Change in circumstances
  • Costs awards
  • Section 211 reports
  • Parenting coordinator
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Family law 2016 BCSC 629

A.R. v. A.V.R.

The court excluded a critique of a section 211 report, holding the critique report inadmissible and barring its author from testifying on it.

  • Section 211 reports
  • Critique reports inadmissibility
  • Cross-examination of court-appointed expert
  • Best interests of the child
  • Family-law
  • Evidence
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