Is a transfer made by a parent to a child a loan or a gift?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Tobias v. Tobias, 2016 BCSC 125 (CanLII):

The law regarding whether a transfer made by a parent to an adult child is a loan or a gift was summed up by Madam Justice Brown in Hawley v. Paradis, 2008 BCSC 1255 at para. 30, after a review of the applicable authorities:

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