In what circumstances will a judge order a lump sum payment to reimburse a wife for past accounting and legal expenses?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ansari v. Ansari, 2000 BCSC 634 (CanLII):
In Lane v. Lane, [1991] B.C.J. No. 3246, a decision not referred to in any of the above, Newbury J. ordered a lump sum payment to reimburse a wife for past accounting and legal expenses although she refused to order payment of estimated future legal expenses. The lump sum payment ordered was to be accounted for by the wife on the final determination of family assets and each spouse’s respective entitlement.
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