What factors are considered by the courts in assessing the moral obligations of a testator to his adult children?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Werbenuk v. Werbenuk Estate, 2010 BCSC 1678 (CanLII):

In McBride v. McBride Estate, 2010 BCSC 443, Madam Justice Ballance, discusses some of the factors the courts consider when assessing the strength of a testator’s moral obligations to independent adult children at paragraphs 129 - 142.

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