Question: Jane and Cooper met on August 12, 2016. When they met Jane was working full time and owned a condo that she inherited from her

Jane and Cooper met on August 12, 2016. When they met Jane was working full time and owned a condo that she inherited from her late grandmother. Cooper was only working part-time because he was finishing his Master’s degree. He lived at home with his parents.

They decided to move in together when the pandemic began in March 2020. They did not sign any agreements before moving in together. They moved into a rented apartment together that is close to Cooper’s parents because they have some health issues so he wanted to stay near them.

They are contemplating getting married but Jane wants the big wedding so they have to wait until the pandemic is over and they can have big gatherings again. They have each started to save for the wedding. Jane has a TFSA account she opened for this in August 2020 and Cooper has a non-registered account he is saving in that he opened also in November 2019 that he will use for this purpose.

They provided you with the following information:

Ownership

Date accumulated

Asset

Value

Jane

N/A

Savings Account

$ 6,200

Jane

N/A

Chequing Account

$ 1,550

Jane

May 2014

Inherited Condo

$ 350,000

Jane

Oct 2015

Car

$ 45,000

Jane

Mar 2017

RRSP

$ 8,500

Jane

Jun 2019

TFSA 1

$ 12,000

Jane

Aug 2020

TFSA 2

$ 6,000

Cooper

N/A

Savings Account

$ 3,555

Cooper

N/A

Chequing Account

$ 2,100

Cooper

May 2019

Car

$ 60,000

Cooper

Aug 2019

TFSA

$ 5,200

Cooper

Nov 2019

Non-registered

$ 3,850

Joint

Jan 2021

Non-registered

$ 2,580

Cooper

Apr 2021

Credit card debt

$ 1,665

Jane

Sep 2018

Student loan

$ 12,900

Cooper

Apr 2020

Student loan

$ 14,220


Required:

a) How would assets be divided if they split today?

b) How would this be different if they were married the same day they moved in together? In your response identify the relevant Acts that dictate the separation of assets.

No calculations are required in your response.

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