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Posts Tagged: matrimonial home
2 ResultsMatrimonial Homes and Resulting Trusts
by: Jacob Kaufman, June 30, 2020
When a parent transfers property to a capable adult child without getting anything in return, the law does not assume this is a gift. Instead there is a (rebuttable) presumption that the child holds this property in trust for the parent (called a resulting trust). But what happens when that property is a matrimonial home…read more
When is an Investment Property a Matrimonial Home?
by: Justin de Vries, January 1, 2007
In Debora v. Debora, the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that a property will be considered a matrimonial home even if it is owned by a company instead of directly by a spouse. The facts of the case make for interesting reading. The parties went through a religious wedding ceremony in 1987, but did not…read more