What are the valid and rational reasons for disinheritance?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Coles v. Olsen, 2003 BCSC 715 (CanLII):
In ¶42 the court referred to Kelly v. Baker, and stated that the valid and rational reasons do not have to be justifiable, but must be valid in the sense of being based on fact and rational in the sense that there is a logical connection between the reasons and the act of disinheritance.
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