Canada Case Law

Knelsen Estate

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court held that the deceased’s relationship with Alanna Wertz had not been clearly terminated before his death, so she remained his spouse under WESA.

• Spousal status
• Intestate distribution
• Termination of marriage-like relationship
• Admissibility of hearsay
• Spousal share under wesa s.21
• Wesa

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