Family Law Sourcebook for British Columbia

Highlights of the 2024 Update include:

• new case law and updated discussion on the intention to separate and separation date
• updated analysis and new cases on parenting issues, including separation of siblings, the concept of maximum contact, family violence, referral to counselling, and relocation
• recent developments in the case law under the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 1980
• updated analysis and case law on child support issues, such as support from stepparents, deduction of carrying charges, imputation of income, s. 7 expenses, and hardship claims
• 2024 amendments to both the Divorce Act and the Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act to implement the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance
• updated analysis and case law on spousal support issues, including income disparity, non-compensatory support, illness and disability, variation and review of spousal support orders, bankruptcy, and a new section focusing on the end of entitlement to spousal support
• new case law on injunctive relief (including exclusive occupancy and interim distribution or sale), contempt, evidence (including appraisals and expert reports), procedural alternatives (including arbitration), and costs (including financial hardship, offers to settle, and lump sum costs)