What is the test for proving that a party is not a party to a claim of family debt?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Visser v Visser, 2019 BCSC 1856 (CanLII):

The onus is on the party alleging a family debt to show that the debt was incurred during the parties’ relationship or to preserve or maintain family property: Chatha v. Uppal, 2018 BCSC 6 at para. 309.

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