How must the court consider debts as well as assets in the division of family property after the breakdown of a marriage?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from L.F. v. B.F., 2012 BCSC 1073 (CanLII):

The court must consider debts as well as assets to ensure fairness in the division of family property after the breakdown of a marriage: Stein v. Stein, 2008 SCC 35 at para. 10.

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