What is the testator's moral duty to an adult child?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Grewal v Litt, 2019 BCSC 1154 (CanLII):

In Dunsdon v. Dunsdon, 2012 BCSC 1274, Ballance J. provided the following helpful framework for considering a testator’s moral duty to independent, adult children, at paras. 134-135:

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