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Family law 2026 BCSC 633

S. v. T.

The court set aside only the term fixing the purchase price of the mother's company shares because the father failed to disclose a relevant 2019 valuation (procedural unfairness under s.93(3)(a)), but upheld the remainder of the separation agreement. The valuation date for the shares is the date of the Agreement; the en bloc fair market value as of that date supports replacing the contract price with $812,500, less $609,608 already paid (balance $202,892). Parenting provisions were varied to reflect actual arrangements; child support and Guideline incomes were adjusted including imputation of…

  • Separation agreement enforcement
  • Non-disclosure and procedural fairness
  • Valuation of closely held company
  • Imputation of corporate income for child support
  • Spousal support review (miglin)
  • Parenting arrangements and child support guidelines
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Unjust enrichment 2025 BCCA 326

Heritage Trust Company Inc. v. Garrett

The Court of Appeal allowed an estate’s appeal in a life-insurance unjust enrichment dispute and sent the matter back for further findings on mistake and juristic reason.

  • Irrevocable beneficiary designation
  • Constructive trust
  • Mistake (restitution)
  • Separation agreement enforcement
  • Insurance act interpretation
  • Juristic reason (garland framework)
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Family law 2025 BCSC 1485

A.D.C. v. S.G.C

In this family law application, the court awarded compensatory parenting time, dismissed relocation to Nanaimo, declined a parenting co-ordinator, and made a conduct order.

  • Relocation
  • Denial of parenting time
  • Compensatory parenting time
  • Parenting coordinator
  • Conduct orders
  • Separation agreement enforcement
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1452

Jordan v. Zanni

The court enforced the separation agreement, awarded spousal support and bonus arrears in part, and reviewed support to a reduced term ending in 2027.

  • Spousal support review
  • Support arrears
  • Separation agreement enforcement
  • Termination of support
  • Bonus payment division
  • Post-secondary expenses
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Family law 2023 BCSC 348

Nash v. Nash

La corte desestimó la solicitud del demandado de recalcular retroactivamente la manutención infantil y de cancelar atrasos, por falta de cambio de circunstancias y de divulgación financiera suficiente.

  • Retroactive variation of child support
  • Cancellation of arrears
  • Fmep attachment
  • Financial disclosure
  • Separation agreement enforcement
  • Child-support
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Family law 2022 BCSC 2098

Smith v. Kolisnyk

The court enforced a separation agreement requiring health benefits to continue, rejected contempt and damage claims, and awarded $537.54 for a Pandora bracelet.

  • Separation agreement enforcement
  • Health insurance benefits
  • Contempt of court
  • Personal property damages
  • Mortgage interest allocation
  • Separation-agreement-enforcement
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Family law 2022 BCSC 1858

Barrand v. Limongelli

The court awarded special costs after finding repeated non-disclosure, breaches of orders, and dissipation of RRIF assets intended to benefit the claimant.

  • Non-disclosure
  • Asset dissipation
  • Special costs
  • Separation agreement enforcement
  • Beneficiary rights
  • Registered retirement income fund (rrif) framework
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Family law 2022 BCSC 1840

A.V. v. L.A.M.S.M.

The court dismissed a claim for retroactive child support, finding the record too conflicted and incomplete to decide the issues without trial.

  • Retroactive child support
  • Child support guidelines income disclosure
  • Jurisdiction of masters
  • Separation agreement enforcement
  • Shared custody threshold (40%)
  • Section 7 special and extraordinary expenses
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Family law 2022 BCCA 232

Hinz v. Davey

The Court of Appeal held that s. 148(3) of the Family Law Act can support retroactive variation of child support agreements and remitted the spousal support issue.

  • Retroactive variation of support agreements
  • Separation agreement enforcement
  • Cancellation of arrears
  • Family law act s.148(3), s.150, s.152, s.164(5), s.170
  • Effective notice for variation
  • Retroactive-child-support
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Family law 2022 BCSC 57

Townshend v. Abbott

The court awarded the successful claimant costs at Scale B in a separation-agreement enforcement dispute, but dismissed the request for double costs.

  • Separation agreement enforcement
  • Costs
  • Offers to settle
  • Limitation period
  • Double costs
  • Summary trial
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