PATIENTS PROPERTY ACT

I. KIDNAPPING – INTERJURISDICTIONAL ISSUES

We live in a very mobile society. We own property in other countries. We travel to other countries for both short holidays or extended ones (Snowbirds). We have family in other countries. What happens if we become incapacitated while in one of these other jurisdictions? Do our planning tools we have created in B.C. work in that other jurisdiction? What law governs us if we spend half our time in B.C. and half of our time in Arizona, Hawaii or Italy? Where is our habitual domicile? Unfortunately, the answers to these questions are not always easy to determine and the Courts have struggled with some very difficult situations.