Is a pension contribution made during the marriage a matrimonial asset?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Vellow v. Vellow, 1996 CanLII 3293 (BC CA):

26 The thrust of the judgment in Clarke v. Clarke is that benefits received after separation or divorce from contributions made to a pension plan during the marriage should be recognized as matrimonial assets, from which each spouse should receive, directly or indirectly, an appropriate share.

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