Is the conduct of spouses not a factor in the reapportionment of property under s. 95 of the Divorce Act?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brown v. Brown, 2016 BCSC 1037 (CanLII):
Neither the conduct of the spouses nor their contributions to property and, conversely, their accumulation of debt, are major considerations in a reapportionment under s. 95 of the Act. In Slavenova v. Ranguelov, 2015 BCSC 79, Savage J. (as he then was) says at para. 60:
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