How does a community property transfer from an estate to a separate estate regime that exists prior to the triggering event?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wu v. Wu, 2012 BCSC 1687 (CanLII):
These sections were described by this court in Welling v. Welling, [1987] B.C.J. No. 1691 (S.C.), as replacing a separate estate regime that exists prior to a triggering event with a community of property regime. The transformation occurs upon but not until the happening of the triggering event.
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