What is the burden of establishing a family debt and that it was either incurred during or to preserve family property?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Yousefian v Jafarmadar, 2018 BCSC 855 (CanLII):
The party seeking to allege a family debt bears the burden of establishing the existence of the debt and that it was either incurred during the parties’ relationship or to preserve or maintain family property: Chatha v. Uppal, 2018 BCSC 6 at para. 309. Analysis
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