Can a disproportionate contribution by one party to a family property be sufficient to meet the threshold test for significant unfairness for dividing excluded property?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from E.H.H. v C.L.M., 2017 BCSC 1299 (CanLII):
In Cabezas v. Maxim, 2014 BCSC 767, Chief Justice Hinkson found a disproportionate contribution to family property by one party was sufficient to meet the threshold test for significant unfairness for dividing excluded property under s. 96.
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