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Will a Separate Residence Affect Your Spousal Status?
Recent case finds couple to be in a marriage-like relationship despite maintaining separate residences.
Our expertise helps our clients understand how the law affects their business
Recent case finds couple to be in a marriage-like relationship despite maintaining separate residences.
WESA should allow BC courts broader power to cure deficiencies in wills than courts have in Alberta.
Recent case outlines objective and subjective factors for determining whether couples are spouses.
Dates of mailing notice of intended estate grant applications should be included in affidavits.
Appellate courts not required to defer to trial judge except on oral testimony in wills variation cases
Detroying true copy does not revoke will when original known to be safe elsewhere.
The law in BC eases some of the formalities required for military wills.
Recent BCSC case indicates estrangement does not necessarily negate the will-maker’s moral obligations to a spouse or children
New provisions in WESA on curing deficiencies in a will are similar to those in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
WESA provides that the old legislation will often apply if the deceased died prior to WESA
Clark Wilson’s Wealth Preservation Group has prepared a summary of the new WESA
BC Ministry of Justice has created a useful summary of the new WESA