What is the test for "ordinarily used" for family purposes?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hadjioannou v. Hadjioannou, 2013 BCSC 43 (CanLII):

It is essentially a question of fact in each case whether an asset may be said to have been "ordinarily used" for family purposes: Bennett v. Bennett, 2003 BCCA 707 at para. 10.

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