Update your will before travel
February 28, 2023
Canadians with vacation plans should add an extra item to their pre-travel checklist: update your will. Every winter, millions of
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Grey divorcees need new wills to go with new life
February 16, 2023
Canada’s growing population of grey divorcees should make a new estate plan part of their fresh start in life. While
Legal costs mount as court interprets ambiguous will
February 2, 2023
In the worst cases, feuding family members will go to war in court, seizing on words and phrases in a
Succession planning a must for lawyers
January 27, 2023
Lawyers need to practice what they preach and implement a succession plan that kicks in when they are no longer
Double-check the details to keep your will out of the courts
January 19, 2023
Details matter when you’re drafting a will. The case list in Ontario’s Superior Court is full of feuding family members
Grandparents named primary carers of child following mother’s dying wish
January 13, 2023
Testators do not get the last word over the guardianship of their minor children, but that shouldn’t stop you from
Deceased woman’s $3-milion lottery win sparks estate fight
January 5, 2023
When Frances Lloyd checked her lottery numbers the morning after a June 2021 Lotto 6/49 draw, the Vancouver Islander couldn’t
Sibling executors jailed for contempt
January 5, 2023
Sibling rivalries are a bit like a dormant volcano: even when they look calm, they never really stop bubbling under
Document gifts to kids or risk estate litigation
December 22, 2022
It’s sometimes hard to tell who is happier when generous parents present a large gift to their grateful child. But
New trust reporting rules on their way
December 15, 2022
Trusts are getting more transparent. Since 2018, the Federal government has been planning to chip away at the privacy of
Who is a spouse? Not always who you might think
December 8, 2022
Determining who is a testator’s spouse is not as straightforward as it might seem at first glance. In a recent
Canada’s common-law couple boom calls for estates action
December 1, 2022
Canada’s common-law couple boom must be matched by a wave of new estate plans if spouses want to be protected