What is the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal over an anti-nuptial agreement that formally adopted South African law?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from S.L.D. v. W.A.D., 2016 BCSC 616 (CanLII):
In Schlotfeldt v. Schlotfeldt, 2008 BCSC 678, Smith J. considered the court’s jurisdiction over parties, one of whom lived in South Africa and the other who was resident in British Columbia, who had entered into an anti-nuptial agreement that formally adopted South African law as the law that governed the interpretation and enforcement of the agreement.
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