Carol Mahood Huddart is a Canadian legal scholar and former justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia and

British Columbia Court of Appeal The British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) is the highest appellate court in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was established in 1910 following the 1907 Court of Appeal Act. The BCCA hears appeals from the Supreme Court of Britis ...

. She initially practised in Ontario, later moving to

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The ...

, where she maintained a

family law Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations. Overview Subjects that commonly fall under a nation's body of family law include: * Marriage ...

practice. She was first appointed to the bench in 1981, when she began serving on the County Court Bench in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

. In 1987, she took up a position on the Supreme Court of British Columbia; in 1996, she was named to the Court of Appeal. Huddart took supernumerary status in 2003 and retired from the bench as of January 1, 2012. Huddart has published several works on family law, including a book chapter on

division of property Division of property, also known as equitable distribution, is a judicial division of property rights and obligations between spouses during divorce. It may be done by agreement, through a property settlement, or by judicial decree. Distributio ...

and a guide to the practice of family law in British Columbia.

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