What is the test for equalization under the Family Law Act?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Barber v Magee, 2015 ONSC 8054 (CanLII):
In McNamee v. McNamee (2011), 106 O.R. (3d) 401, [2011] O.J. No. 3396, 2011 ONCA 533 (CanLII), at para. 66, this court stated that, "in the vast majority of cases, any unjust enrichment that arises as the result of a marriage will be fully addressed through the operation of the equalization provisions under the Family Law Act".
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