By Ken Nathens ( April 2, 2025, 1:43 PM EDT) -- Family law litigation is emotionally exhausting and financially draining. Courts of Appeal across Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada, have made it clear that once a trial decision is released, unsuccessful litigants will not have easy access to relief in the Courts of Appeal. Absent the trial judge making a material error, a serious misapprehension of the evidence or an error in law, Courts of Appeal will defer to and will not interfere with a trial judge’s decision (Van de Perre v. Edwards, 2001 SCC 60)....