Handwritten will declared invalid by Ontario judge
Just because the law allows for a testator to hand-write their own will does not make it a good idea, as a recent court decision shows. Like laws in other…
Ontario falling behind on digital assets legislation
Ontario is playing catch-up as other Canadian jurisdictions lead the way on digital assets legislation. More and more of our lives are being lived online, but many testators are still…
DIY wills fuel spike in UK inheritance disputes
Canadians should take heed after Do-it-yourself wills were blamed for a post-pandemic spike in U.K. will challenges. According to a news report by the London-based Financial Times, a freedom of…
Update your will before travel
Canadians with vacation plans should add an extra item to their pre-travel checklist: update your will. Every winter, millions of Canadians head south to escape the winter weather – some…
Grey divorcees need new wills to go with new life
Canada’s growing population of grey divorcees should make a new estate plan part of their fresh start in life. While Statistics Canada reports that the country’s overall divorce rate has…
Legal costs mount as court interprets ambiguous will
In the worst cases, feuding family members will go to war in court, seizing on words and phrases in a loved one’s will that are open to interpretation, in order…
Double-check the details to keep your will out of the courts
Details matter when you’re drafting a will. The case list in Ontario’s Superior Court is full of feuding family members who have seized on inaccuracies and ambiguities in a loved…
Grandparents named primary carers of child following mother’s dying wish
Testators do not get the last word over the guardianship of their minor children, but that shouldn’t stop you from naming your preferred caregivers just in case the worst should…
Document gifts to kids or risk estate litigation
It’s sometimes hard to tell who is happier when generous parents present a large gift to their grateful child. But the mutual joy could be short lived if the transaction…
Who is a spouse? Not always who you might think
Determining who is a testator’s spouse is not as straightforward as it might seem at first glance. In a recent B.C. case, a Chinese woman failed in an attempt to…
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