Estate planning should be a priority for Canada’s growing stepfamily population. With more and more people finding relationship success at the second or third attempt and welcoming their children into fresh…
Testamentary ambiguity is often the spark that ignites a court battle after the death of a loved one. Across the province, courthouse case lists are full of feuding relatives who…
In my long career in estates law, I have learned to spot which wills are most likely to end up in court after the testator’s death. Wills governing larger…
Testators need to get specific if they want their will to revoke their beneficiary designations, according to Ontario’s Court of Appeal. In a recent decision involving a dispute among a deceased…
When it comes to your estate, your kids don’t need to be minor to be dependants. Ontario’s Succession Law Reform Act allows dependants of the deceased to make a claim against…
Drafting your will is just the first step in the estate planning process. The second, (often-overlooked) stage involves keeping the will safe and available until the time comes for it to…
Advance care planning can help people break the silence around end-of-life care. While societal attitudes towards sex and money have relaxed in the last few decades, there’s an argument to be…
The recent arrest of a Thunder Bay man shows there are limits to the authority granted by a power of attorney for property. The ease and speed with which POAs can…
Normally when I write about a multi-million-dollar estate, it’s in the context of an ugly fight between the beneficiaries of a wealthy person that has made the news or ended…
Anyone who has been shopping for groceries has had a recent reminder of the powerful effect of inflation. The purchasing power of your money falls as the years pass, which…
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