Cohabitation Agreements in Wills Variation Claims
BC Supreme Court on Cohabitation Agreements BC Wills Variation Claims In British Columbia, under both the Wills Estates and Succession Act (“WESA”) and the Family Law Act, common law spouses are afforded the same protections as married spouses and have the standing to bring law suits to vary wills if they believe that they have not been treated fairly by their deceased partner. …Read more →
Resolving Estate Disputes Outside of Trial
3 Alternative Ways for Resolving Estate Disputes in BC Estate litigation and wills variation claims are often very heated, given that they often involve family members vying for control over the assets of a recently deceased relative. There is often emotion on all sides and the prospect of testifying in Court against a relative can be daunting for some litigants. However, not …Read more →
Why File A Certificate of Pending Litigation
Certificates of Pending Litigation in BC Filing a Certificate of Lis Pendens in BC After either or a sudden or expected death, surviving beneficiaries often move quickly to try to deal with the estate of the recently deceased. Often, this involves the sale of real property which the Deceased owned. What is a Certificate of Pending Litigation (“CPL”)? Certificates of Pending Litigation …Read more →