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 →
BC Court of Appeal Considers Spouses Who Keep Finances Separate
Wills Variation Litigation Court of Appeals Case Morality & Law: BC Court of Appeal Considers Spouses Who Keep Finances Separate The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently released a decision in the matter of Kish v. Sobchak Estate, 2016 BCCA 65. In this decision, the Court of Appeal considered the decision of a trial judge on a summary trial application in …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 →