Resulting Trusts: Critical Time for Determining Intent
Resulting trusts are as firmly grounded in the settlor’s intent as express trusts, but with this difference: the intent is inferred or presumed as a matter of…
Long-Term Second Spouse’s Successful Wills Variation Claim
The British Columbia court was recently asked to decide a wills variation claim brought by a long-term second spouse who was essentially left out of her husband’s…
Widow’s Inheritance Not Limited by Inexperience with Money
In Erlichman v. Erlichman Estate, 2002 BCCA 160 the court was asked to decide whether concerns about a widow’s ability to manage money should prevent her from…