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 →
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 →