Canada Case Law

Shilo v. Vaisman

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

On an interim basis, given deficient disclosure and unexplained spending of $250,721.88, the court applied the expense gross‑up method rather than a forensic corporate analysis or reliance on a single year holding company revenue; the respondent's guideline income was imputed to $429,856 per annum, the claimant's guideline income was fixed at $45,000 per annum, and interim spousal support of $4,530/month and child support of $5,085/month were ordered commencing March 1, 2026.

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• Income imputation
• Guideline income
• Corporate income method
• Expense gross-up method
• Shared parenting
• Spousal support advisory guidelines

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S.J.G. v. A.W.J.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Chambers reasons in a family law matter addressing a unilateral line-of-credit transfer, interim child support, disclosure, and expert-report timing.

• Interim relief
• Line of credit transfer
• Guideline income
• Jointly appointed expert
• Document production
• Examination for discovery

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Bordignon v. Bordignon

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court refused a stay of ongoing child and spousal support pending appeal, stayed the retroactive lump-sum support payment, reduced the family home list price, and ordered no costs.

• Child support
• Spousal support
• Stay pending appeal
• Guideline income
• Shareholder loans and deemed dividends
• Sale of family home

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S.K.W. v. C.M.W.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Post-trial family law applications largely failed, but the court granted limited variational relief, including C1 parenting changes, support adjustments, and costs to the father.

• S.7 expenses
• Federal child support guidelines
• Guideline income
• Parenting coordinator
• Equalization payments
• Ceba loan repayment

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Barnes-Morrison v. Kolias

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The Court dismissed a family law application for a joint forensic audit, finding the proposed scope too vague and declining to order a joint expert on a non-financial issue.

• Jointly appointed experts
• Forensic audit
• Family law rules 13‑3 and 13‑4
• Guideline income
• Costs
• Joint-expert

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M.G.M.L. v. J.S.L.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Interim family-law reasons assessing the parties’ guideline incomes, imputing higher income to the claimant, and setting ongoing spousal and child support on a temporary basis.

• Guideline income
• Corporate income method
• Expense gross-up method
• Imputation of income
• Special and extraordinary expenses
• Spousal support advisory guidelines

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D.A.M. v. F.B.M.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court dismissed the respondent’s bid to amend prior support orders, set child support for I.R.M., and ordered ongoing spousal support and costs.

• Variation
• Review
• Guideline income
• Functus officio
• Lump sum spousal support
• Foreclosure

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L.A.L.M. v. N.M.G.C.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Interim family-law support decision fixing guideline incomes, granting interim spousal support, and ordering ongoing child support and s. 7 sharing, with retroactive issues reserved.

• Guideline income
• Income imputation
• Interim spousal support
• Retroactive support
• S.7 special or extraordinary expenses
• Family-law

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J.L. v. L.M.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Interim child support was ordered on reciprocal incomes, but no retroactive support was awarded. The claimant’s interim spousal support claim was dismissed.

• Guideline income
• Interim child support
• Interim spousal support
• Imputation of income
• Prima facie entitlement
• Excluded property

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R.D.B. v. A.N.B.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court applied s. 18 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines but found the company funds were needed for bonding, cash flow, and capital expenditures, so the support increase was dismissed.

• Guideline income
• Section 18 imputation
• Corporate income method
• Value of services method
• Bonding requirements
• Cash flow and working capital

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