Can an oral agreement to divide property or debt be enforceable?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Vidican v Dinu, 2020 BCSC 178 (CanLII):

Oral agreements to divide property or debt can be enforceable if they are properly proven on the evidence: Asselin v. Roy, 2013 BCSC 1681 at para. 132.

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