Can assets purchased after a triggering event be considered family assets?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from L.E.M. v. D.M.I., 2013 BCSC 450 (CanLII):

Assets purchased after a triggering event cannot be family assets, even if purchased from the proceeds of a family asset: Foster v. Foster, 2007 BCCA 83 at paras. 34-35.

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