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Family law 2026 BCSC 549

Schaarschmidt v. Whitcroft

On the balance of probabilities the respondent engaged in serious, frequent and recent family violence, exposed the child to that violence, and demonstrated conduct and lack of cooperation that impairs his ability to meet the child's needs; claimant's and third‑party evidence were credible while respondent's evidence was not; accordingly, to protect the child's physical, psychological and emotional safety the prior parenting orders were varied to provide primary residence to the claimant, supervised parenting for the respondent, passport and travel control to the claimant, one‑year protection…

  • Parenting arrangements
  • Best interests of the child
  • Family violence
  • Protection orders
  • Variation of prior orders
  • Psychological assessment
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Family law 2025 BCCA 375

J.A. v. K.A.

The Court of Appeal set aside parenting-responsibility orders, varied spousal support to allow review, and sent stepson support back for a new trial.

  • Best interests of the child
  • Parental responsibilities (s.41 family law act)
  • Protection orders
  • Imputation of income
  • Spousal support duration and review
  • Stepparent support (s.5 child support guidelines)
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Family law 2025 BCSC 1795

T.E.R. v. S.M.

The court set aside a protection order and exclusive occupation order, then ordered a staged parenting regime moving from supervised to equal time.

  • Protection orders
  • Supervised parenting
  • Exclusive occupation
  • Best interests of the child (s.37 fla)
  • S.211 reports
  • Variation of marriage agreements (s.65 fla)
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Family law 2025 BCSC 1938

J.D.D. v. S.W.

The court dismissed a protection order application, made mutual non-removal orders, adjourned exclusive occupancy, and set interim parenting and conduct orders.

  • Protection orders
  • Non-removal/relocation
  • Exclusive occupancy
  • Interim parenting time
  • Mcfd involvement
  • Police enforcement
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Family law 2025 BCSC 630

Chand v. Shannon

Summary trial granted in a family law dispute. The court ordered divorce, unequal division of property and pension, no spousal support, and costs to the claimant.

  • Reapportionment
  • Summary trial suitability
  • Pension division
  • Family debt
  • Spousal support
  • Protection orders
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Family law 2025 BCSC 350

Oleszko v. Forde

Family property, debt and spousal support were disputed after a 20-year marriage. The court enforced a family home agreement, denied support, and ordered compensation payments.

  • Family law act s.81/84/85/86/93/95
  • Family law agreements
  • Excluded property
  • Unequal division of property and debt
  • Compensation payments
  • Credibility and disclosure
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Family law 2025 BCSC 380

C.K.S. v. P.S.S.

The court stayed a divorce application because unresolved child-support and special-expense disputes meant reasonable arrangements under s. 11(1)(b) were not yet satisfied.

  • Section 11(1)(b) divorce act
  • Reasonable arrangements for child support
  • Interim support orders
  • Special and extraordinary expenses (s.7)
  • Family maintenance enforcement agency
  • Protection orders
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1655

Pearce v. Napier

Appeal from family law arbitration awards largely dismissed; only s. 7 arrears were remitted for reconsideration on the documentary record.

  • Standard of review on arbitration appeals
  • Section 7 extraordinary expenses
  • Excluded property
  • Family debt allocation
  • Parenting coordinator powers
  • Protection orders
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1576

B.K.N. v. H.S.N.

The court dismissed the claimant’s bid to vary interim orders, ordered shared parental responsibilities, set a graduated parenting-time schedule, and upheld separate occupancy of the home.

  • Variation of interim order
  • Parenting responsibilities
  • Parenting time
  • Occupancy of family home
  • Protection orders
  • S.211 reports
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Family law 2024 NSSC 191

Nova Scotia (Community Services) v. L.B. & P.S.

The parents had completed the services mandated, circumstances had changed since the prior disposition, and the Minister failed on the balance of probabilities to prove a real chance of future harm if the children were returned; therefore the children are not in need of protective services and the application for permanent care and custody is dismissed.

  • Permanent care and custody
  • Children and family services act
  • Protection orders
  • Risk assessment and substantial risk
  • Services and supervision
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