2001 - British Columbia Law Institute https://www.bcli.org British Columbia Law Institute Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:56:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.bcli.org/wp-content/uploads/BCLI-Logo_Favicon-36x36.png 2001 - British Columbia Law Institute https://www.bcli.org 32 32 13. Questions and Answers About Pension Division on Marriage Breakdown in British Columbia https://www.bcli.org/publication/13-questions-and-answers-about-pension-division-marriage-breakdown-british-columb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=13-questions-and-answers-about-pension-division-marriage-breakdown-british-columb Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:00:16 +0000 http://bcli.local/publication/13-questions-and-answers-about-pension-division-marriage-breakdown-british-columb/ Visit the most recent version at https://pension.bcli.org.  Keywords: pensions, benefits & welfare, family law, divorce and separation, marriage breakdown, pension division, questions and answers, equitable distribution of marital property, Family Relations Act, Part 6, education

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Keywords: pensions, benefits & welfare, family law, divorce and separation, marriage breakdown, pension division, questions and answers, equitable distribution of marital property, Family Relations Act, Part 6, education

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]]> Questions and Answers About Pension Division on Marriage Breakdown in British Columbia https://www.bcli.org/publication/questions-and-answers-about-pension-division-marriage-breakdown-british-columbia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=questions-and-answers-about-pension-division-marriage-breakdown-british-columbia Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:57:52 +0000 http://bcli.local/publication/questions-and-answers-about-pension-division-marriage-breakdown-british-columbia/ A Report on Year Four (2000-01 Annual Report) https://www.bcli.org/a-report-on-year-four-2000-01-annual-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-report-on-year-four-2000-01-annual-report Thu, 08 Feb 2001 20:25:00 +0000 https://www.bcli.org/?p=24302

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]]> Total Return Investing by Trustees https://www.bcli.org/project/total-return-investing-trustees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=total-return-investing-trustees Sun, 05 Aug 2001 20:32:59 +0000 https://www.bcli.org/project/total-return-investing-trustees/ A trust is a relationship in which a designated trustee holds title to assets for the benefit of a designated person called the beneficiary. A trust is typically established when an owner of property (called the settlor) transfers the property to a trustee on terms describing how the trustee is Read more

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]]> A trust is a relationship in which a designated trustee holds title to assets for the benefit of a designated person called the beneficiary. A trust is typically established when an owner of property (called the settlor) transfers the property to a trustee on terms describing how the trustee is to administer the property to confer the benefits that the settlor intends. Rules of trust law requiring trustees to distinguish between returns on investment as either “income” or “capital,” sometimes result in trustees having to invest inefficiently. For trustees to obtain the maximum advantage for the trust, “total return” investment is necessary. This report considers whether trustees need to be freed from the requirement to select investments with regard to the legal category of the returns they will bring and to have the power to capitalize unspent returns. It is part of a broader project on modernization of the Trustee Act.

Keywords: trusts and trustees, Trustee Act, total return investing, charities, charitable uses, trusts and foundations, wills, estates & life planning, portfolio theory, income, capital, Howe v. Lord Dartmouth, conflict of laws, Trustee Act Modernization Committee

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]]> Questions and Answers About Pension Division 3rd Edition https://www.bcli.org/project/questions-and-answers-about-pension-division/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=questions-and-answers-about-pension-division Mon, 05 Mar 2001 19:45:49 +0000 https://www.bcli.org/project/questions-and-answers-about-pension-division/ Update (December 18, 2025): Visit the most recent version at https://pension.bcli.org.  In 1995 British Columbia enacted the Family Relations Act, which provides for the assistance of plans in dividing pensions between spouses on marriage breakdown. In March 1996 a first edition of this publication was published to canvas the operation of Read more

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In 1995 British Columbia enacted the Family Relations Act, which provides for the assistance of plans in dividing pensions between spouses on marriage breakdown. In March 1996 a first edition of this publication was published to canvas the operation of the Family Relations Act and the Pension Benefits Standards Act, as these statutes apply when a marriage breaks down and one of the assets to be divided is a pension. Since publication of the first edition, a number of developments necessitated the publication of this second edition. This report is in the form of questions and answers. The material included is based upon questions that arose after Part 6 of the Family Relations Act was introduced in 1995.

An earlier report on the Division of Pensions on Marriage Breakdown was published by the Law Reform Commission of British Columbia in 1992. For a copy of the earlier report, click here.

This subject was revisited in March 2013, leading to the publication of Questions and Answers About Pension Division on the Breakdown of a Relationship in British Columbia. This was superseded on the completion of a revised version in 2017.

Keywords: pensions, benefits & welfare, family law, divorce and separation, marriage breakdown, pension division, questions and answers, equitable distribution of marital property, Family Relations Act, Part 6, education

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