Written by: Joseph Broadhurst (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: January 23, 2017
This is one of the hardest questions in family law. As with all court decisions about parenting, judges are supposed to make an order that reflects the best [...read full post]
Categorized: Alberta, British Columbia, Case Analysis, Mobility.
Written by: Jonathan Song (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: January 3, 2017
Many people change jobs at some point. If a spouse was ordered by the court to pay some amount of spousal support to his ex and he later loses his job and ends up with less income, he can often [...read full post]
Categorized: Alberta, Case Analysis, Divorce, Edmonton, Family Court, Family Law, Income, Separation, Spousal Support.
Written by: HHLaw (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: November 2, 2016
The question of whether Veteran’s Affairs pensions and Veteran’s Affairs disability pensions received by military personnel for their injuries or disabilities suffered in the line of duty should be characterized as income for child and spousal support claims appears to [...read full post]
Categorized: Alberta, British Columbia, Case Analysis, Child Support, Income, Spousal Support.
Written by: Joseph Broadhurst (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: August 12, 2016
Since the Supreme Court of Canada decision in D.B.S. v. S.R.G. 2006 SCC 37, retroactive child support orders have been made pretty frequently against parents who have not been paying child support in accordance with the Federal Child Support [...read full post]
Categorized: Appeals, Case Analysis, Child Support, Commentary.
Written by: Sonia Kainth (View All Posts • View Bio) Published: August 5, 2016
The short answer is, YES, but it is case specific and may not be the amount recommended by the Federal Spousal Support Guidelines.
The leading case in BC that addresses this issue is Chutter v. Chutter, 2008 BCCA 507 [...read full post]
Categorized: Case Analysis, Maintenance, Property Division, Spousal Support.