Qualified Life Interests Don’t Cut It
Spouse Deserves More than a ‘Qualified Life Interest’ in the Estate Estate Planners, Morality, & BC Will Variation Case Law Estate planners can often be creative in their planning solutions depending on the instructions they receive from a will-maker (known as a testator). One option open to will-makers is to provide a life estate in a piece property which allows the beneficiary …Read more →
Two Issues That Can Cancel Cohabitation Agreements
Understanding B.C. Cohabitation Agreements Significant Unfairness & Voidable Reason at Common In part 1 of this Cohabitation Agreements in B.C. series, we considered two of the common reasons why cohabitation agreements may be set aside by the Courts in B.C. – lack of independent legal advice and inadequate financial disclosure. Section 93 of the Family Act provides the statutory basis to set aside …Read more →
Estrangement & Wills Variation
Estrangement & Wills Variation in BC Law Separation, Abandonment, or Estrangement & the Testator’s Moral Duty The Wills Estates and Succession Act (“WESA”) provides children of a deceased person with a legal right to sue on their estate and vary a will. One of the circumstances where this situation arises is when an adult child has been estranged from the parent and thus the parent …Read more →