How much is the respondent entitled to a 50% share of the assets of a property owned by her partner when she and her partner are married?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Yin v. Liu, 2011 BCSC 1301 (CanLII):
The respondent concedes after an extensive review of the caselaw that she could possibly be entitled to less than 50% of the assets. Notable is the decision of Wallace v. Wallace, [1999] B.C.J. No. 2019, where Low J. (as he was then) held: 11 ... Where the marriage (including any period of pre-marriage cohabitation) was five years or less and one spouse contributed little or nothing to the acquisition of the family asset being considered, in the absence of special circumstances, that spouse will receive 10% to 20% of the asset.
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