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The court rectified Patricia Peckover’s will to remove subsurface mineral rights from the gift to Charles Peckover, and awarded costs from the estate.
The court upheld Donna Marie Wright’s August 15, 2022 will, found testamentary capacity, rejected undue influence, and ordered full indemnity costs from the estate.
The court held that an unsigned 2017 will draft represented the deceased’s fixed and final testamentary intentions and was effective under s. 58 WESA.
Estate petition in which the court removed a co-executor by consent, treated a sentimental bolt ring as estate property, and ordered it given to Allan on distribution.
The court held that a charitable gift to a dissolved entity in Ms. Galloway’s will should be redirected to Cascade Public Media under cy-près.
The Court of Appeal upheld a codicil disinheriting grandchildren, finding no suspicious circumstances, no capacity error, admissible medical evidence, and no costs error.
The court held that a white-out alteration to a will was made by the deceased, satisfied s. 58 WESA, and validly revoked a granddaughter’s bequest.
The court awarded costs from an alter ego trust after finding the trust dispute fell within estate-litigation cost principles, but reduced the co-trustees’ recovery by 20%.
The court varied a will under British Columbia’s Wills Variation Act, finding inadequate provision for a long-term spouse and ordering her 30% of the residue.
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal about a handwritten 2014 journal entry, holding it did not represent the deceased’s final testamentary intentions under s. 58 WESA.
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