What is the economic value of cleaning and other services provided by family members to a family business?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Melahrinakis v Melahrinakis, 2021 BCSC 1837 (CanLII):
Housekeeping and other services provided by family members have economic value for which a plaintiff may have a claim even where those services are provided gratuitously. These legal principles extend to assistance provided by family members to a family business. The court must consider the nature of the services and whether they would have been provided in any event. Only those services which go above and beyond the usual give and take between family members will be compensable: Dykeman v. Porohowski, 2010 BCCA 36 at paras. 28-30.
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