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Family law 2025 BCSC 101

Watt v. Shelton

Appeal from a family law order dismissed. The court upheld equal shared parenting, refused retroactive and ongoing child support, and allowed costs to the respondent.

  • Shared parenting time
  • Final decision-making authority
  • Retroactive child support
  • Ongoing child support set-off
  • Special and extraordinary expenses (s.7)
  • Parental responsibilities
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1509

C.D.C. v. M.E.R.W.

Ces motifs de la Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique règlent un litige parental: garde conjointe, horaires partagés 2-2-5-5, pension, sanction et dépens.

  • Shared parenting (2-2-5-5)
  • Final decision-making authority
  • Imputation of income
  • Child support guidelines s.9
  • Disclosure obligations and s.213 fla
  • Fla enforcement fines s.228/s.230
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Family law 2024 BCSC 623

Lange v. Lange

Oral reasons in a high-conflict family matter set travel, passport, soccer, child support, and communication orders, while dismissing the claimant’s fines application.

  • Final decision-making authority
  • Parenting schedule
  • Child support calculation and offsets
  • Travel authorization and passports
  • Communication protocols (our family wizard)
  • Fines under family law act
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Family law 2022 BCSC 1937

S.E.H. v. S.D.H.

Family law trial on parenting, property, debt, pension, support and costs. The court fixed separation at November 13, 2019 and ordered equal division, with special costs to the claimant.

  • Date of separation
  • Family property valuation
  • Family debt allocation
  • Compensation payment
  • Parental responsibilities
  • Final decision-making authority
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Family law 2022 BCCA 302

Harrison v. Haramati

The Court of Appeal allowed a family law appeal and granted the mother final decision-making authority, finding the judge failed to apply the mandatory best-interests factors.

  • Best interests of the child
  • Final decision-making authority
  • Family law act s.37
  • S.211 report
  • Parenting coordination
  • Sufficiency of reasons
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Family law 2022 BCSC 1198

Visser v. Visser

The court found Ms. Byrne failed to support equal parenting time, refused the requested variations, and granted Mr. Visser make-up parenting time, counselling, and a limited police assistance clause.

  • Parental alienation
  • Parenting time/make-up parenting time
  • Final decision-making authority
  • Police assistance clause
  • S.7 expenses
  • S.211 report
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Family law 2019 NSFC 10

D.J. v. MR.

Court accepted that Phoenix pay stubs were unreliable, used T1 income figures: D.J.'s 2018 T1 income $94,202.73 less union dues = $92,676.48 (for prospective support); included and grossed-up the 2017 Workers' Compensation benefit so 2017 table income = $132,535.00; concluded D.J. engaged in blameworthy conduct by failing to disclose tax returns; awarded retroactive child support for specified periods and varied the Consent Order to joint custody with a shared parenting schedule, kept M.R. as final decision-maker for major decisions if parents cannot agree, set prospective monthly set-off chi…

  • Variation of consent order
  • Retroactive child support
  • Section 7 expenses
  • Final decision-making authority
  • Income determination
  • Workers' compensation gross-up
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Family law 2019 BCCA 163

Dhillon v. Dhillon

Appeal dismissed from a parenting order. The court upheld exclusion of a covert audio recording, found no reversible misapprehension of evidence, and rejected the bias allegation.

  • Parenting order
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Covert audio recordings
  • Family violence
  • Final decision-making authority
  • Appellate review
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Family law 2018 BCSC 942

A.M. v. G.M.

Family law trial on parenting, support, property and debt after separation. The court ordered a modified parenting schedule, retroactive support, and divided assets and debts.

  • Parental responsibilities
  • Final decision-making authority
  • Parenting time schedule
  • Section 7 extraordinary expenses
  • Retroactive support
  • Travel consent and passports
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Family law 2014 NSSC 185

Hustins v. Hustins

Court concluded shared parenting was not workable given persistent high conflict, lack of cooperative communication, and evidence the Father inconsistently prioritized the child’s needs; accordingly ordered joint custody with primary residence to Mother, parenting time for Father overnight Wednesdays and every second weekend effective July 1, 2014, granted Mother final decision-making authority after consultation, set child support at $420/month based on $50,000 annual income with annual June 1 income disclosure and July 1 adjustments, and directed section 7 expenses be shared proportionate t…

  • Best interests of the child
  • Parenting schedule
  • Final decision-making authority
  • Section 7 expenses
  • Income determination
  • Credibility assessment
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