Family Law Blog

The Family Law Act (BC) has two forms of property: “family property” and “excluded property”. Section 84(1) of the Family Law Act (BC) defines “family property” and section 85(1) lists property that is “excluded property”. In general terms, “family property” consists of property acquired after cohabitation and includes the rise in value of the same […]

In the case of Francis v. Baker, [1999] 3 SCR 250, the Supreme Court of Canada dealt with issue of high income earners in the context of child maintenance.  The case is nicely summarized in the opening paragraph: 1               Bastarache J. — The present case involves the interpretation of s. 4 of the Federal Child […]

With the coming into force of the Family Law Act, there has been considerable case law dealing with applications for the relocation of children. What follows is a summary of those cases as reported in CanLII;  the Supreme Court of British Columbia website and the Provincial Court of British Columbia website in chronological order by […]

Family Law Act There is no easy way to summarize the new Family Law Act, it is unique and has new terminology and all persons having a family dispute, and those assisting these people, have to understand the new legislation and its regulations in great detail. The Family Law Act has replaced the Family Relations […]