Assignment task: WESA Group Mini-cases
Grant and Gretta moved in together (in Gastown - downtown Vancouver) when they were 26 (in 1998)
Gretta owned the condo, which was worth $160,000
Gretta worked at a government job paying $80,000 by the end, with pension and benefits (2% X yrs of service X average of best three years salary)
Grant worked here and there, never full time. He got a $200,000 inheritance in 2012.
They split in 2018
Gretta's condo was worth $460,000
Gretta was still with the government
Grant's inheritance was worth $100,000
Instruction:
a) Are they common law? What does that mean to them?
b) Are the in a marriage like relationship? How does that differ from 'Common Law'?
c) How would their assets be split under WESA?
d) What are the alternatives for them?