Wills Variation Claims: Balancing Moral Obligations
On wills variation claims, the courts are frequently tasked with balancing the moral obligations of a will-maker to a second spouse and to an adult independent child…
On wills variation claims, the courts are frequently tasked with balancing the moral obligations of a will-maker to a second spouse and to an adult independent child…
Can a widow bring a successful wills variation claim on the basis that her deceased spouse did not provide her with “enough”, despite the fact that she…
I recently discussed the oft-seen competing wills claims of adult independent children of a first marriage and a second spouse. In that case, Eckford v. Vanderwood, 2014…
In Picketts v. Hall, 2009 BCCA 329 the Court of Appeal held that the bequest of periodic payments to provide a surviving spouse with the standard of…
Dividing an estate in a blended family can be complicated. What happens if your mother becomes incapacitated, and your stepfather then enters a new common-law relationship with…
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