What are the implications of a finding that shares are not family assets?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Birinyi v. Lindstrom, 2009 BCSC 97 (CanLII):

The trial judge’s finding that the shares were not ordinarily used for a family purpose and therefore were not family assets was upheld on appeal: Delesalle v. Delesalle, 2006 BCCA 445.

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