What is the legal test for adjusting a testamentary to a spouse when the husband has a will?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Webber v Sullivan, 2019 BCSC 1522 (CanLII):
The question then arises as to what is an appropriate level of adjustment. The required adjustment must respect, to the extent possible, the principle of testamentary freedom. As Madam Justice Ballance stated in McBride v. Voth, 2010 BCSC 443 at para. 125:
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