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Family law 2026 BCSC 3

Wiggins v. Kitson

The court held the Back Road Property was excluded property and refused to divide any increase in value, finding equal division significantly unfair under the Family Law Act.

  • Division of family property
  • Valuation date for family property
  • Excluded property and increase in value
  • Unequal division under s.95 fla
  • Conduct orders s.225 fla
  • Certificate of pending litigation
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Family law 2025 BCSC 2035

Fleury v. Budd

The court found the parties were spouses under the Family Law Act, divided the gain on excluded property equally, and dismissed the tort claims.

  • Spousal status under family law act
  • Division of family property (fla ss.81,84,87,95)
  • Valuation date for family property
  • Excluded property (fla s.85)
  • Cohabitation agreement / oral agreement
  • Similar fact and collateral evidence
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Family law 2024 BCSC 2517

Gaddi v. Bartholomew

The court ordered equal division of family property and debt, dismissed spousal support and personal injury claims, and found no clear oral agreement to opt out.

  • Division of family property
  • Family debt
  • Valuation date for family property
  • Spousal support entitlement (compensatory and non-compensatory)
  • Personal injury causation (sti)
  • Oral agreements re family property
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Family law 2023 BCSC 747

Arcand v. Arcand

Family property dispute over the Arcands’ home, support claims, and separation date. The court found no enforceable settlement, set separation at January 19, 2020, and equalized property and debt with an adjustment.

  • Division of family property
  • Date of separation
  • Enforceability of settlement agreement
  • Retroactive child support jurisdiction
  • Spousal support entitlement
  • Valuation date for family property
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Family law 2022 BCSC 1155

DeWolfe v. Flanagan

Family-law trial on property division, support, and s. 7 expenses. The court enforced a 2016 family-home valuation, adjusted support, and made several equalization orders.

  • Division of family property
  • Valuation date for family property
  • Excluded property claims
  • Equalization
  • S.7 special expenses
  • Spousal support duration and quantum
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Family law 2021 BCSC 596

J.F.L.M. v. S.N.M.

Summary trial divorce and family law dispute resolving parenting, child support, property division, and spousal support for a child with autism.

  • Parenting schedule
  • Joint guardianship
  • Retroactive child support
  • Special expenses for child with disability
  • Compensatory and non‑compensatory spousal support
  • Reapportionment under fla s.95
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Family law 2020 BCSC 679

Gutierrez v. Del Fierro

Family property and debt dispute in which the court ordered presumptive equal division, with a limited adjustment for post-separation mortgage principal payments.

  • Unequal division of family property
  • Family debt determination and allocation
  • Pension division under part 6
  • Extraprovincial asset valuation and compensation
  • Occupation rent
  • Valuation date for family property
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Family law 2019 BCCA 414

Xu v. Chu

Appeal allowed in part in a family law dispute over property division, support, and section 7 expenses. The court corrected valuation and income-gross-up errors.

  • Valuation date for family property
  • Unequal division under family law act s.95
  • Imputation of income
  • Gross‑up for unpaid taxes
  • Retroactive child support
  • Section 7 special and extraordinary expenses
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Family law 2019 BCSC 596

Stevens v. Stevens

The court refused reapportionment after finding the claimant had not proven the respondent caused the family company’s collapse. The home was valued at trial, and the pension was divided under Part 6.

  • Equalization of family property
  • Reapportionment under s.95 fla
  • Valuation date for family property
  • Pension division (part 6 fla)
  • Causation for depletion of family assets
  • Buyout of interest in matrimonial home
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Family law 2018 BCSC 960

Phillips v. Saunders

British Columbia Supreme Court case on compensatory spousal support and family property division after a 22-year common-law relationship between two physicians.

  • Compensatory spousal support
  • Valuation date for family property
  • Reapportionment under s.95 fla
  • Imputing income/dividends
  • Income splitting and family trusts
  • Quantum and duration of support
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