Perhaps a well-meaning family member is offering to provide you some money to help with the costs of your separation – maybe for renting a property temporarily, or assisting with general living costs, or legal fees? Or maybe you have already received financial help?
Whether that family member will ultimately get their money back will depend on the basis on which it was provided: was it a loan? Or a gift? Was it a loan that became a gift?
In this course we take a close look at how the law treats family loans upon divorce: how judges distinguish between loans and gifts and the type of evidence which might be required to prove one or the other. We’ll also consider in depth the court’s approach to repayment, taking you through examples of how family loans have been dealt with in previously-decided cases, so you can gain a thorough understanding of the issues in play. Our aim is that at the end of this course you will be better placed to decide whether to accept – or make – offers of family support, and if so in what circumstances.
This course remains live for 90 days from purchase, but we’ve included course materials with the full text of the course and links to all the case law, research and statutes, which you can download and keep after the course itself has expired.
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