What is the test to determine whether a party understood the consequences of a marriage agreement?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bandpey v Talebpourazad, 2021 BCSC 763 (CanLII):

In determining whether a party understood the consequences of a marriage agreement, the court must determine whether independent legal advice was obtained and assess the quality of that advice: Young v. Sherk, 2019 BCSC 312 at para. 78.

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