Summary

40012

J.R.L. v. Q.X.

(British Columbia) (Civil) (By Leave)

(Publication ban on party)

Keywords

Family law — Custody — Spousal support — Application for extension of time to appeal dismissed —Whether family violence was correctly evaluated by the courts below — Whether 9 years of lump sum spousal support is a significant error.

Summary

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(PUBLICATION BAN ON PARTY)

The parties were married in June 2010. They separated in November 2012. They have a child who was born in 2011. They have been engaged in family law proceedings since 2012, when the respondent filed for divorce and corollary relief. Following a trial, the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued a comprehensive order on the various issues, including on custody, parenting time and guardianship, and on spousal support. In 2018, the applicant’s application for an extension of time to appeal was dismissed. The applicant ultimately filed applications to appeal and appeals from orders of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in the litigation. The Court of Appeal dismissed his applications and appeal.

Lower Court Rulings

May 8, 2015
Supreme Court of British Columbia

E123319 ; 2015 BCSC 763
Comprehensive order issued to address custody of and access to the parties’ child, and child and spousal support.
July 16, 2018
Supreme Court of British Columbia

CA45397 ; 2018 BCCA 295
Applicant’s application for an extension of time to appeal dismissed.
September 27, 2018
Supreme Court of British Columbia

E123319
Applicant’s applications to increase his parenting time and parental responsibilities and for publication ban and sealing order dismissed. Parenting schedule varied by consent.
December 1, 2020
Supreme Court of British Columbia

E123319 ; 2020 BCSC 1875
Applicant’s application to proceed by written submission to vary child and spousal support orders and to seek disclosure orders dismissed.
May 27, 2021
Supreme Court of British Columbia

CA45685 ; 2021 BCCA 236
Applicant’s applications to reinstate his appeals from the trial judgment and from the judgment of September 27, 2018, dismissed. Applicant’s application to vary the Court of Appeal order of July 16, 2018, to be determined by a division of the Court of Appeal on the basis of the written submissions already filed. Respondent’s application to quash applicant’s notice of appeal filed from the order of December 1, 2020, dismissed.
October 26, 2021
Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Vancouver)

2021 BCCA 419, CA45397 ; CA45685 ; CA47146
Applicant’s application to adduce fresh evidence dismissed. Applicant’s applications to vary the orders of July 16, 2018, and May 27, 2021, dismissed. Applicant’s appeal from the order of December 1, 2020, dismissed.