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Family law 2025 BCSC 576

O’Neil v. O’Neil

Court ordered a de novo spousal support review, found ongoing compensatory and non-compensatory entitlement, and varied support rather than terminating it.

  • Entitlement to spousal support
  • Quantum and duration of spousal support
  • Variation of settlement
  • Imputation of income
  • Bonus sharing and disclosure
  • Support arrears
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Family law 2023 BCSC 1435

Lux v. Lux

Family law trial on valuation and division of business interests in Simetra and Triquest, with child support recalculated and spousal support dismissed.

  • Valuation date
  • Fair market value of closely held corporations
  • Shareholders' agreement formula vs open market valuation
  • Minority discount
  • Pledge and guarantor effects on value
  • Admissibility of expert stub‑period reports
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Family law 2023 BCSC 1413

Sekhon v. Sekhon

In a family law trial, the court granted spousal support, imputed additional income to the respondent, and dismissed a property claim involving land in India.

  • Entitlement to spousal support
  • Quantum of support
  • Imputation of income
  • Enforceability of extraterritorial property orders
  • Non-disclosure and adverse inference
  • Costs and disbursements
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Family law 2022 BCSC 509

A.R. v. M.E.R.

Trial judgment on child and spousal support: the court reassessed interim orders, declined to impute income to the claimant, and ordered indefinite spousal support.

  • Retroactive support
  • Imputation of income
  • Interim orders
  • Support recalculation
  • Entitlement to spousal support
  • S.7 expenses
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Family law 2021 BCSC 2265

Kennett v. Kennett

The court refused to terminate indefinite spousal support after a review, continued the respondent’s beneficiary designation on one life insurance policy, and terminated the child-related policy.

  • Spousal support review vs variation
  • Entitlement to spousal support
  • Imputation of income
  • Duration of support (indefinite vs time-limited)
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines (ssag)
  • Termination of life insurance beneficiary obligations
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Family law 2021 BCSC 2001

Wiwchar v. Wiwchar

The court awarded the respondent 75% of her costs after finding she was substantially successful on the main family-law issues and that her offer to settle did not change the result.

  • Entitlement to spousal support
  • Quantum of spousal support
  • Retroactive support
  • Attribution of income
  • Offer to settle and costs consequences
  • Assessment of substantial success
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Matrimonial property 2021 NSSC 163

Clowes v. Clowes (Burns)

The matrimonial assets and debts are to be divided equally between the parties: an updated appraisal of the matrimonial home is ordered and net proceeds/value at disposition will be equally divided; the respondent is entitled to spousal support but the quantum and duration are deferred pending stabilization and review of the parties' incomes and adjustment for debts paid post-separation by the petitioner; life insurance proceeds while policy maintained will be allocated one-half for the benefit of the respondent; the court retains jurisdiction to determine remaining financial issues once upda…

  • Division of matrimonial assets
  • Division of matrimonial debts
  • Valuation of matrimonial home
  • Entitlement to spousal support
  • Life insurance beneficiary allocation
  • Name change
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Family law 2021 BCSC 758

Harper v. Harper

On review, the court set both parties’ Guideline incomes at $96,000, adjusted child support for S.H., found K.H. was no longer a child of the marriage, and ended spousal support entitlement.

  • Guideline income
  • Imputed income
  • Consent order review
  • Entitlement to spousal support
  • Child of the marriage determination
  • Pension division
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Family law 2019 BCSC 26

Jeet v. Lata

In this family law trial, the court granted a divorce and awarded the respondent $40,000 lump-sum spousal support after finding need-based support was justified.

  • Entitlement to spousal support
  • Compensatory vs non-compensatory support
  • Lump sum support
  • Retroactive support
  • Standard of living
  • Spousal-support
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Family law 2018 BCSC 1115

Doell v. Prentice

The court found an oral agreement to keep property separate, but held equal division would be significantly unfair, ordering an 80/20 split and spousal support.

  • Division of family property
  • Oral cohabitation agreement
  • S.95 family law act significantly unfair analysis
  • Entitlement to spousal support
  • Income imputation
  • Credibility findings
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