What is the test for unfairness when a spouse's assets are depleting at the time of marriage?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cotter v. Cotter, 2015 BCCA 289 (CanLII):
Unfairness is not judged with an eye to the conduct of the spouse in depleting the asset, as Kirkpatrick J.A. said in Lawrence v. Mular, 2014 BCCA 507:
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