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Family law 2025 BCSC 2634

Xu v. Yao

Interim family-law ruling imputes $200,000 annual income to the respondent, declines to impute income to the claimant, orders private school tuition treated as s. 7 expenses, and grants interim spousal support.

  • Imputing income
  • Interim spousal support
  • Special and extraordinary expenses under s.7
  • Gifts from parents
  • Credibility and adverse inference
  • Private school tuition
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Family law 2025 BCSC 985

K.A.M. v. A.F.V.

The court ordered interim child and spousal support, imputed income to both parties, and found the respondent had not shown undue hardship.

  • Interim orders
  • Imputing income
  • Undue hardship
  • Shared parenting
  • Guidelines application
  • Interim-support
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Family law 2025 NSSC 126

Henriksen v Henriksen

Respondent knowingly underpaid child support from January 2021 to October 2024 and failed to make required disclosure; past voluntary overpayments cannot be offset against later underpayments in absence of agreement or notice; imputation of income to Petitioner was not warranted; accordingly court awarded retroactive child support and Section 7 contributions for Aug 1, 2021 to Oct 31, 2024, and a lump sum retroactive spousal support award for Jul 2016–Dec 31, 2019, but denied prospective spousal support beyond filing of the Petition.

  • Retroactive child support
  • Prospective child support
  • Section 7 expenses
  • Imputing income
  • Financial disclosure
  • Spousal support (compensatory and non‑compensatory)
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Family law 2025 NSSC 97

Marsh v. McNally

The operative order is the 2021 consent order; Ms. McNally proved a material change in circumstances to reduce dependents to one; Mr. Marsh was found intentionally unemployed and income of $73,835 was imputed for 2024; the variation is granted retroactive to February 2022 (not to the 2021 consent order date); older child ceased to be dependent July 1, 2023; Mr. Marsh must pay the full table amount going forward, a retroactive adjustment of $5,048.23 payable at $200/month, and costs of $2,000 to Ms. McNally within 60 days; Mr. Marsh's undue hardship claim and his request to retroactively reduc…

  • Variation of child support
  • Imputing income
  • Undue hardship
  • Retroactivity
  • Costs
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1607

R.G.B. v. J.G.S.

The court held a March 2018 agreement to cancel child support arrears unenforceable, varied Alberta support arrears using imputed and actual incomes, and denied retroactive s.7 expense claims.

  • Retroactive child support
  • Section 7 special expenses
  • Imputing income
  • Relocation/consent agreement enforceability
  • Views of the child assessment
  • Parenting time
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Family law 2024 BCSC 641

Maxim v. Maxim

Interim spousal support was awarded after a long marriage, with the respondent’s cash income imputed upward and the claimant’s income averaged for 2024.

  • Interim spousal support
  • Imputing income
  • Addition of business expense deductions
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Compensatory vs non-compensatory support
  • Interim-spousal-support
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Family law 2024 NSSC 36

McLearn v. McLearn

Divorce granted; income was imputed to petitioner because she was able to work but chose not to and offered no medical evidence; petitioner was ordered to pay historic child support of $7,403 based on imputed minimum-wage full-time income for the relevant period; respondent was ordered to pay compensatory spousal support (retroactive and prospective) but non-compensatory need-based support was eliminated due to petitioner's long-term cohabitation where her partner covers her living expenses; pension accrued to separation is to be equalized; Kennetcook inherited property is classified 20% matr…

  • Imputing income
  • Retroactive support
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Cohabitation/re-partnering
  • Equal division
  • Classification of assets
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Family law 2023 BCSC 2185

Bradford v. Bradford

The court awarded the claimant ordinary costs and double costs for specified steps after two settlement offers, but refused to summarily assess costs or treat a costs offer as triggering double costs.

  • Offers to settle
  • Double costs
  • Imputing income
  • Re-opening a trial / newly discovered evidence
  • Summary assessment of costs
  • Taxation of costs
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Family law 2023 BCSC 1355

C.G. v. M.G.

The court ordered retroactive and ongoing child support, security, life insurance, and a disclosure penalty after finding years of blameworthy non-disclosure.

  • Retroactive child support
  • Imputing income
  • Security for support
  • Life insurance beneficiary orders
  • Non-disclosure and financial disclosure obligations
  • Financial penalties under fla s.213
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Family law 2023 BCSC 1135

C.L.P. v. N.A.D.

The court found two February 2020 separation agreements were not binding, then ordered retroactive child and spousal support, property and debt offsets, and terms for CCB overpayments.

  • Separation agreement validity
  • Canada child benefit overclaim
  • Imputing income
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Section 7 special and extraordinary expenses
  • Cpp division
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