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Family law 2025 BCCA 69

Bradley v. Callahan

The Court of Appeal held the marriage agreement operated unfairly because it ignored Ms. Bradley’s indirect contributions and extraordinary asset growth, ordering $29 million reapportionment.

  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Reapportionment under s.65 fra
  • Retroactive child support
  • Retroactive spousal support
  • Indirect contributions
  • Valuation timing
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Family law 2018 BCCA 199

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

Court of Appeal remitted reapportionment and spousal support for fresh determination, finding errors in treating speculative inheritances and in the reasons given.

  • Reapportionment under s.65 fra
  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Compensatory vs needs-based spousal support
  • Treatment of contingent trust interests
  • Relevance of potential inheritances
  • Application of spousal support advisory guidelines
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Family law 2015 BCCA 383

Gatien v. Avini

The Court of Appeal dismissed three matrimonial appeals, upholding leave to amend pleadings, reapportionment under s. 65, and the costs award, with one dissent on costs.

  • Reapportionment of family assets
  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Reasonable apprehension of bias
  • Costs awards
  • Spousal support
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Wills and estates 2015 BCSC 993

McHale v. McHale Estate

On summary trial, the court varied a will under the Wills Variation Act because the surviving spouse was not adequately provided for, despite a marriage agreement.

  • Wills variation act s.2
  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Spousal support
  • Testamentary autonomy
  • Summary trial procedure
  • Wills-variation-act
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Family law 2014 BCSC 2033

Kelly v. Kelly

The court granted divorce, upheld the 2004 marriage agreement over the Second Home, and ordered Ms. Kelly to vacate; support and pension issues were adjourned.

  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Section 65 fra reapportionment
  • Division of extraprovincial pension
  • Spousal support entitlement
  • Status of child of the marriage
  • Possession of family home
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Family law 2014 BCSC 828

Hanan v. Anderson

Supplemental reasons limited a spousal RRSP rollover to $28,600, allowed time to complete a buyout of the Tattersall Drive property, and ordered each party to bear own costs.

  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Reapportionment under s.65 fra
  • Spousal rrsp rollover
  • Undue influence
  • Costs
  • Family-law
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Family law 2013 BCSC 1144

W.H. v. I.R.

Costs decision in a family law case: the court found success was divided on the main issues and ordered that each party bear their own costs.

  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Division of family assets
  • Business valuation and reapportionment
  • Spousal support quantum and duration
  • Status of adult child for support
  • Costs entitlement under family rules
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Family law 2006 BCCA 271

Kopelow v. Warkentin

Supplementary reasons settled the form of orders, reallocated property under the Family Relations Act, fixed support at $3,500 per month, and adjusted costs.

  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Division of family assets
  • Spousal support (periodic maintenance)
  • Allocation of inheritance
  • Court powers to vest title and order compensation
  • Commencement date of support
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Family law 2005 BCCA 551

Kopelow v. Warkentin

The Court of Appeal held the marriage agreement was not unfair, set aside the property reapportionment, and increased spousal support to $3,500 monthly.

  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Application of hartshorne and miglin
  • Definition and treatment of family assets
  • Section 65(1) reapportionment
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines
  • Treatment of informal trusts and loans
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Family law 2001 BCSC 1235

Burgess v. Schock

The court upheld the marriage agreement, divided the remaining home equity under the Family Relations Act, and continued child maintenance for the adult daughter.

  • Division of family assets
  • Marriage agreement fairness
  • Spousal contributions
  • Child maintenance for adult child
  • Pension division under part vi
  • Family-asset-division
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