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Family law 2026 BCSC 731

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

Judge divided the interlocutory applications into two groups (support/disclosure and parenting/conduct). Mother was substantially successful on support and disclosure and is awarded costs in any event of the cause to be paid at the conclusion of the family case, assessed on more than ordinary difficulty for 1.5 days; father was successful on key elements of the parenting/conduct applications but under Rule 16‑1(9) remains entitled to those application costs only in the cause (i.e. at trial if awarded), assessed on ordinary difficulty for 2 days; additionally mother is awarded $500 for the pas…

  • Interlocutory costs
  • Support and guideline income
  • Disclosure
  • Section 91 restraining orders
  • Interim distribution
  • Parenting orders and overnight parenting
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1576

B.K.N. v. H.S.N.

The court dismissed the claimant’s bid to vary interim orders, ordered shared parental responsibilities, set a graduated parenting-time schedule, and upheld separate occupancy of the home.

  • Variation of interim order
  • Parenting responsibilities
  • Parenting time
  • Occupancy of family home
  • Protection orders
  • S.211 reports
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Family law 2024 BCSC 566

H.S. v. S.K.

The court found the respondent breached a notice order by taking the child to India without required notice. It varied earlier terms, imposed a $500 fine, and addressed counselling and costs.

  • Parenting arrangements
  • Breach of court order
  • International travel with child
  • Passport custody
  • Reintegrative counselling
  • Costs and fines
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Family law 2023 BCSC 2059

T.L.M. v. D.J.M.

The court found a material change in the child’s circumstances, declined to find parental alienation on the interim record, and varied parenting arrangements to reflect the child’s views.

  • Parenting orders
  • Variation/suspension of consent order
  • Best interests of the child
  • Parental alienation
  • Child's views
  • Interim relief
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Family law 2023 BCSC 572

V.K.W.W. v. K.A.M.G.

The court restored unsupervised parenting time immediately, varied the prior consent order to a graduated shared-parenting schedule, and ordered counselling and costs.

  • Parenting time restoration
  • Reunification counselling
  • Supervised access
  • Allegations of sexual abuse
  • Best interests of the child
  • Variation of consent order
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Criminal law 2021 SCC 45

R. v. Cowan

The Supreme Court held that the trial judge erred on party liability in an armed robbery case and ordered a full new trial, not a limited retrial.

  • Abetting
  • Counselling
  • Party liability
  • Principal liability
  • Appeals and powers of court of appeal
  • Issue estoppel
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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 2021 BCSC 525

Clayton v. Clayton

The court declined to order immediate delivery of a 12-year-old child, ordered a Views of the Child report, refused a children’s lawyer, and required compliance with the existing parenting order.

  • Parenting time
  • Enforcement of court orders
  • Views of the child
  • Children's lawyer (s.203 family law act)
  • Parental alienation
  • Psychoeducational assessment
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Family law 2020 ONCA 734

J.D.M. v. T.L.L.M.

The Court of Appeal affirmed the motion judge: para. 7(f) unambiguously required use of the designated counsellor, the record supported the finding that the appellant wilfully obstructed the counselling, wilfulness was proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and the motion judge's factual findings were not palpably or overridingly wrong; appeal dismissed.

  • Contempt of court
  • Parenting orders
  • Counselling
  • Costs
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Family law 2020 BCSC 1796

S. v. S.

In a family law enforcement application, the court found the mother wrongfully denied the father parenting time, imposed a $750 fine, and ordered counselling for the children.

  • Parenting time
  • Wrongful denial
  • Family violence
  • Parental alienation
  • Parenting coordinator
  • Counselling
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