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- Appeal Court Reverses Finding that Step-Mom is Not Responsible for Child Support
A case from British Columbia presents with a married couple who each brought a child from a previous relationship into their marriage. In Sullivan v. Struck 2015 BCCA 521, the parties began living together in April 2003 and married in August 2007. Mr. Struck’s daughter, Sydney, was one and a half y … Read more »
- Expert Custody Report Misses the Mark and is Rejected by Trial Judge
In yet another highly acrimonious family law trial, C.K.C. v. P.R.C., 2024 BCSC 279, the court was asked to address multiple issues including parenting time, child support, the division of property and excluded property, all in the context of a highly unusual case, where the self-represented father … Read more »
- Self-represented Litigant Abandons Trial Only to Seek Remedy from Appeal Court
The British Columbia Court of Appeal delivered reasons in P.R.C. v. C.K.C., 2024 BCCA 363, a high-conflict case, where the self-represented husband abandoned the trial on day three, only to file an appeal of the financial orders on the grounds of procedural unfairness. However, he did not seek a new … Read more »
- Capacity Issues Regarding Divorce and Reconciliation
George Chuvalo was a Canadian professional boxer of some renown, winning five heavyweight Canadian titles and was a two-time heavyweight world title challenger, sparring with the likes of Mohammed Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman. In Chuvalo v. Chuvalo, 2018 ONSC 311, the court was asked to cons … Read more »
- Onus of Proof of Excluded Property Still Up in the Air
The parties in Parviziv. Taherzadeh, 2024 BCCA 205, were in the midst of their 10-day trial when an issue arose as to the value of a property, alleged by Mesbah Taherzadeh to be excluded property. The issue on appeal was whether Taherzadeh bore the onus of proving both that the property was excluded … Read more »