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Increased Risk of Predatory Marriage During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Are BC residents at increased risk of falling victim to predatory marriage during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those who are elderly or suffering from…
Divorce Law BC: Dividing Assets Acquired by Joint Family Venture
Where spouses contribute in various ways, and in different measures, to the acquisition of family wealth and assets, how does BC divorce law apply to divide…
Disclosure of Vancouver Estate Lawyer’s Privileged File Ordered
Property disputes and will challenges are often centred around determining the intention of a person who is now deceased or who has become incapacitated due…
Court Affirms Test for Testamentary Capacity in BC Will Challenge
In a 2017 BC will challenge, the court affirmed testamentary capacity is not the same thing as the capacity to manage one’s property or the capacity to confe…
Son’s Vancouver Estate Law Claim Denied due to Benefits Received Through the Years
In a recent Vancouver estate law matter, Grewal v. Litt, 2019 BCSC 1154, a son claimed that he should receive $400,000 from his parents’ estate to compensate…
Competing Claims of a Second Spouse to Life Insurance Proceeds
The Supreme Court of Canada was recently asked to weigh the competing claims of a second spouse and a first spouse to the proceeds of a life insurance policy…
Who Pays the Costs of Vancouver Estate Litigation?
In BC estate litigation, costs generally follow the event, so the unsuccessful party is usually ordered to pay the winner’s costs. But the court has discretion…
BC Estate Litigation Determines Authenticity of Handwritten Change to Will
Can a handwritten document purporting to change a will be given legal effect via BC estate litigation? In Cook Estate (Re), 2019 BCSC 417 a woman with an exi…
Changing a Will in BC: Beneficiary Disinherited by White-Out – Is It Legally Valid?
In BC, changing a will after it is signed has its own formal requirements. An alteration, such as crossing out or covering a beneficiary’s name, is generally n…
Vancouver Estate Lawyers on Remedy for Unjust Enrichment: Money or Property?
In recent weeks, our Vancouver estate lawyers have discussed the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Moore v. Sweet, 2018 SCC 52, where a disappointed bene…