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The court found divided success in this family law trial costs decision and ordered each side to bear its own costs. No special costs were awarded.
On the balance of probabilities the mother is the child's primary caregiver and placing the child in her primary care best serves the child's safety, stability and developmental needs; the father's proven abusive conduct, criminal convictions, breaches of orders and lack of insight create a significant risk to the child's physical and emotional welfare, justifying continued supervised parenting time and mandated therapeutic intervention; child support is set based on the father's 2023 income of $47,401 resulting in $403 monthly.
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The late-filed report was excluded because the applicants failed to demonstrate exceptional circumstances: the report had limited probative value (parties had already admitted the child’s wishes and there was no evidence the child’s cognitive or communicative ability was in issue), it was not in the interest of justice or the child’s best interests (obtained unilaterally without engaging the father and contrary to standards), and its admission would cause significant prejudice and disrupt an imminent contested parenting hearing.
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Family trial on spousal support and property division. The court awarded transitional spousal support, retroactive support, and divided property and pensions.
Family property, spousal support, and child support were determined in a British Columbia divorce case. The court rejected an excluded-property claim and set monetary awards.
Appellant failed to perfect the appeal within the mandatory timeline and did not establish an adequate excuse or adequate assurance of ability to comply with future deadlines; given the arguable but largely factual nature of her grounds and the greater prejudice to the respondent and public interest in finality and expedition, the Registrar's motion to dismiss was properly granted under Rule 90.43 and relevant authority (Islam v. Sevgur).
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