How have the courts in BC divided the assets of the parties in the post-separation period?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Suidy v Corbeil, 2021 BCSC 1717 (CanLII):
Accordingly, it is exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to determine the finances of the parties in the post-separation period in relation to their various accounts. In all of these circumstances, I consider that it would be significantly unfair to divide the various accounts and debts as of the trial: Kooner v. Sangha, 2015 BCSC 1113 at para. 186; aff’d 2016 BCCA 147. In my view, it is appropriate to value the family debt and assets as of the date of separation, save and except in certain circumstances, as I will detail below.
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