When a property is registered in joint tenancy, is there a presumption that the interests of the parties are held equally?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from McDonald v. Chapman, 2010 BCSC 84 (CanLII):

Where a property is registered in joint tenancy, there is a presumption that the interests of the parties are held equally: Farrar v. Walker, [1982] B.C.J. No. 965, (S.C.).

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