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May 5, 2021 | Contract, Family Law

Ex-Wife Entitled to $250,000 Life Insurance as Promised in Separation Agreement

Life insurance provisions are often included in separation agreements as security for spousal support or child support. The terms of the separation agreement will require one spouse to carry life insurance in a particular amount, and typically require the irrevocable designation of the children or ex-spouse as the beneficiaries. Failure to comply with a life […]

Dec 10, 2020 | Contract, Estate Law

BC Couple Enforces Contract Promising Inheritance

If a person agrees to leave someone an inheritance in a will, then does not do so, is the agreement enforceable? Contracts to bequeath property on death are somewhat unusual—but they are enforceable in BC. In Munro v. James, 2020 BCSC 1348, the Court upheld a written agreement requiring a woman to name a BC […]

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