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Disinherited Daughters: the law again protects daughter in wills’ variation/estate litigation case.
The B.C. Supreme Court found that Yat Hei Law, the mother of Ginny Lam and William Law, left $2.9 million to her son and only $170,000 to her daughter. Justice Maria Morellato ruled the decision was influenced by gender-based preferences. "This bias shaped both the lifetime gifts and the 2018 will," the judge wrote.
Is Varying a Will (aka Wills & Estate Litigation) Constitutional? The Court of Appeal Unanimously states, Yes.
Appeal allowed and the Notice of Contention dismissed.
The application judge erred in finding that testator’s liberty interests were engaged by the provisions of the TFMA. The Lawens, as public interest litigants, did not put any evidence before the application judge which would have allowed him to determine that the liberty interests were engaged and, alternatively, even if they were engaged, whether they were in accordance with the fundamental principles of justice.
Vancouver Estate Litigation: *Another* Disinherited Daughter & the BC Court of Appeal.
Another estate litigation case; another daughter fighting for a fair inheritance.
Vancouver Estate Litigation: To be, or not to be - Estate Lit. & the Canadian Charter.
Lawen Estate v Nova Scotia grants constitutional protection for testamentary decisions and endangers Estate Litigation in Canada.
Surrey Estate Litigation: Disinherited Daughters: a Cultural Problem
Grewal v. Litt: Daughters - disinherited by millions of dollars due to family/cultural tradition - win big Court victory.
Vancouver Estate Litigation: Twin Daughters Disinherited by Estranged Father
I conclude that the Deceased’s abrupt reversal in direction and his decision to ignore the Twins was driven by bitterness and “sour grapes”