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A British Columbia court varied a will under s. 60 WESA, finding inadequate provision for a daughter who had been treated as a niece and awarding equal one-third residue shares.
Will-variation claim under WESA partly succeeded. The court found the unequal bequest scheme unjustified overall, but accepted some preference for Geoffrey and varied the will accordingly.
The court varied a mother’s will under WESA s. 60, finding she owed a moral duty to her only son and that estrangement did not justify the original division.
A will variation claim succeeded where the court found the testator failed to make adequate provision for his daughter after a history of abuse and estrangement.
The court varied Gertrude Hancock’s will under the Wills Variation Act, finding inadequate provision for two sons and awarding them $125,000 and $75,000.
The court dismissed a son’s wills variation claim, finding he had deliberately maintained a 17-year estrangement and failed to disprove the testator’s reasons for a modest bequest.
The court varied a will under British Columbia’s Wills Variation Act, finding the testatrix owed moral duties to two disinherited daughters and awarding each $125,000.
The Court of Appeal upheld a wills variation order, but revised it to express the estate division as percentages: 40% to Janet, 40% to Sandi, and 10% each to the grandchildren.
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