Is a spouse's right on separation to half interest in all family property as a tenant in common subject to an agreement or order that provides otherwise?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from C.K.M. v H.R.M, 2021 BCSC 1297 (CanLII):
Each spouse’s right on separation to an undivided half interest in all family property as a tenant in common is expressly made “subject to” an agreement or order that provides otherwise: Laxton v. Coglan, 2006 BCSC 1688, at para. 111, aff’d 2008 BCCA 414 at paras. 23–25.
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