What is the test for determining the disposition of a joint tenancy property?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ter Heide v. Salie, 2008 BCSC 1166 (CanLII):
The first proposition applicable to the disposition of the defendant's application is this. If property is held in joint tenancy, and if one of the tenants dies, then the interest of the decedent accrues to the survivor. Authority for that proposition is Cooke v. Miller (Estate).[1]
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