Does the presumption of advancement apply to children of an adult child?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lafavor v Nelson, 2019 BCSC 1903 (CanLII):

The plaintiffs did not raise the presumption of advancement. Such a claim, in any event, is bound to fail as it does not apply to transfers to adult children or to non-gratuitous transfers: Pecore v. Pecore, 2007 SCC 17 [Pecore] at paras. 34-36.

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