The gratuitous transfer of property from a parent to an adult, capable child may result in a resulting trust.
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In MacDonald v. Estate of James Pouliot, 2017 ONSC 3629, the court considered a constructive trust and dependant support claim against an intestate estate. While the court granted a constructive trust, it dismissed the dependant support claim as the property at issue had already automatically vested in the beneficiary pursuant…
The Beautiful And Damned (with apologies to F. Scott Fitzgerald)
By Justin de Vries •
April 1, 2011
The breakdown of a marriage or common law relationship can raise a host of complex legal issues both for the living and the dead. One issue that seems to crop up again and again is life insurance proceeds and who should benefit.