When one spouse excludes property that is real property, is that a spouse entitled to an undivided half interest in the increased value of the property?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chapman v Chapman, 2020 BCSC 1029 (CanLII):
When one spouse has excluded property that is real property, the other spouse has a monetary claim and entitlement to an undivided half interest in the increased value of the property and not an undivided half interest in a real estate asset itself: Johnson v. Korol, 2019 BCSC 111 at paras. 45-46.
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