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So far, the courts have found a wide range of actions to be ''family violence''. The following are just some examples of family violence: | So far, the courts have found a wide range of actions to be ''family violence''. The following are just some examples of family violence: | ||
* In [http://canlii.ca/t/hwqqr S.A.H. v J.J.G.V.], 2018 BCSC 2278, the court found that a father consistently arguing that the mother's and the children's actions were contrary to scripture and sinful amounted to spiritual abuse and fits into the broad definition of family violence in the Family Law Act. | |||
* In [http://canlii.ca/t/hvw3v N.M.A v. K.D.L.], 2018 BCSC 1879, the court found that derogatory and abusive language in the father's emails to the mother was beyond mere bickering and unpleasantness and this kind of language, especially when it occurs over an extended period of time, can amount to emotional abuse and be family violence. | |||
* In [http://canlii.ca/t/hxcc8 S.A.W. v. P.J.W.], 2018 BCPC 376, the court found that belitting, demeaning and insulting that rises to a certain level where one parent targets the other repeatedly in front of others can fit into the definition, although it would likely be at the lower end of the scale. | * In [http://canlii.ca/t/hxcc8 S.A.W. v. P.J.W.], 2018 BCPC 376, the court found that belitting, demeaning and insulting that rises to a certain level where one parent targets the other repeatedly in front of others can fit into the definition, although it would likely be at the lower end of the scale. | ||
* In ''[http://canlii.ca/t/gx9s1 K.R. v. J.D.]'', 2017 BCSC 182, a parent's derogatory and demeaning comments about the other parent, on occasion in the child’s presence, “clearly amount to family violence” since they disturbed the child and caused the child emotional harm. | * In ''[http://canlii.ca/t/gx9s1 K.R. v. J.D.]'', 2017 BCSC 182, a parent's derogatory and demeaning comments about the other parent, on occasion in the child’s presence, “clearly amount to family violence” since they disturbed the child and caused the child emotional harm. | ||
