INTERESTS IN LAND - Unilateral transfer of interest inter vivos

Law360 Canada ( September 3, 2019, 10:18 AM EDT) -- Appeal by Roy from a decision declaring a quit claim deed valid and finding that the appellant only owned a 50 per cent interest in the property. The appellant’s mother and the appellant owned the mother’s home as joint tenants. The home was the mother’s principal asset. The mother then quit claimed the property to herself and the appellant, reciting her intention of severing the joint tenancy and making them both tenants in common. The lawyer who drafted the mother’s will testified that the mother intended that her 50 per cent interest in her home would pass through her will to her other daughter....
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