Can a husband who has a life interest in a cottage owned by a trust, claim that the cottage is owned by the trust?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from J.S.P. v. J.H.S., 2015 BCSC 1239 (CanLII):
In McKenzie v. McKenzie, 2013 BCSC 749, Savage J. (as he then was) held that a husband effectively had a life interest in a cottage owned by a trust. Mr. Justice Savage wrote as follows:
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