Until Death Do Us Part…and Beyond – Family Law Part 2
In part 1 of this blog series we began an examination of the decision in the recent Supreme Court of British Columbia case, Bouchard v. Bouchard, 2018 BCSC 1728. This case is an example of the intersection between Estate Law and Family Law and between the Wills Estates and Succession and Family Law Act. The applicant in this case was …Read more →
Until Death Do Us Part…and Beyond? Family Law – Part 1
There are many intersections between Family Law and Estate Law. Both areas of law are highly personal and in British Columbia both Family law and Estate law have undergone significant shifts as a result of the introductions of the Family Law Act and the Wills Estates and Succession Act . Estate Lawyers can find themselves dealing with family law issues …Read more →
Beneficiaries Ability to Sue Estate – Part 2
A personal representative of an estate is obligated by a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of that estate. This fiduciary duty may sometimes come into conflict with the personal representative’s individual interests as a beneficiary of the estate. The BC Supreme Court dealt with such an issue in the case of Jang v. Jang, 2018 BCSC 1649, …Read more →