Is one spouse’s contribution to the purchase of a home sufficient to cause an equal division under s. 95 of the Family Benefits Act?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Vidican v Dinu, 2020 BCSC 178 (CanLII):
As explained in Khan, cases in which unequal contribution has led to reapportionment under s. 95 “involved marked, prolonged, and intentional or unexplained disparities in contribution to family burdens” (para.32). In contrast, factors such as one spouse providing two-thirds of the down payment for the family residence and performing most of the renovations to it were not sufficient to render an equal division significantly unfair: Hamill v. Dunlop, 2016 BCSC 1337.
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