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* 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/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 that 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/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 that 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 belittling, demeaning, and insulting that | * In [http://canlii.ca/t/hxcc8 ''S.A.W. v. P.J.W.''], 2018 BCPC 376, the court found a distinction between "mere arguments and insulting discourse", or even "nasty or spiteful arguments", and behaviour that is so "belittling, demeaning, and insulting" (and repeated frequently in front of a child), that it was at a different level and fit the broad definition of family violence, although likely 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 and 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 and 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/fxjb5 M.W.B v. A.R.B.]'', 2013 BCSC 885, a mother was found to have committed family violence for repeatedly interfering with the father’s access to the children and refusing to settle orders that were drafted by lawyers, and these actions prolonged and intensified the litigation. | * In ''[http://canlii.ca/t/fxjb5 M.W.B v. A.R.B.]'', 2013 BCSC 885, a mother was found to have committed family violence for repeatedly interfering with the father’s access to the children and refusing to settle orders that were drafted by lawyers, and these actions prolonged and intensified the litigation. | ||
