Family law: Difficult to split illegal proceeds in divorce case
On Behalf of Porter Ramsay LLP | Sep, 25, 2018 | Family Law
A couple who made a living growing marijuana illegally for 20 years has split up. British Columbia has definitive family law rules, but how does dividing the profits from an illegal grow-op figure into a divorce situation? The two, who were married for 30 years, tried to share the assets, but since most of the transactions were completed using cash and scant records were kept, the court deemed their evidence of income was thin, often contradictory and lacking in credibility. The pair ran grow ops in British Columbia, California and Mexico. They started their first grow-op in 1987. Both agreed to... View Article