Is a defendant entitled to a 65% share of the joint net worth as a result of his disproportionate contribution to the parties jointly net worth?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from P.I.B. v. I.W.B., 2005 BCSC 263 (CanLII):
My task is not to apportion the family assets in proportion to each spouse’s respective financial contribution (Elsom v. Elsom, 1989 CanLII 100 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1367 at para. 19). However, in my opinion, the disproportionate contribution of the defendant to the parties joint net worth would render it unfair to split the family assets equally. The defendant should be granted a 65% share of the family assets in order to recognize this greater contribution.
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