How have the courts in BC dealt with potential family assets that were unfairly dissipated or disposed of prior to the triggering event?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from C.A.L. v D.E.L, 2019 BCSC 1483 (CanLII):
Family assets are valued as of the triggering event: Cotter v. Cotter, 2015 BCCA 289 at paras. 25-27. Any “potential” family assets that were unfairly dissipated or disposed of prior to the triggering event cannot be divided under s. 56, but can be addressed through a s. 66(2)(c) compensation order: Jin v. Cheng, 2018 BCSC 763 at paras. 66-68.
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