Corina Weigl

Today’s blog is being brought to you by guest blogger, Tracy Parkinson, a law clerk in the Private Client Services group of Fasken LLP. Recently I have noticed that many meeting agendas for group discussions of estates practitioners that I have attended have included some aspect of the challenges, use and safekeeping of powers of attorney for property. Depending on the audience, the discussion can go in many different directions,….

Today’s blog is being brought to you by guest blogger, Jennifer Campbell, a law clerk in the Private Client Services group of Fasken LLP. This week, the fashion world lost an icon with the passing of creative director for Chanel, fashion designer and artist, Karl Lagerfeld. While everyone reminisces about his work and the legacy he leaves behind, there is one other thing that people can’t stop talking about and….

Today’s blog is being brought to you by our guest blogger, Anna Chen. It is a long-standing common law rule that a personal representative has one year after a deceased’s death to wind up the estate. Referred to as the “executor’s year”, the rule is intended to give the personal representative some time to administer the estate before beneficiaries have a legal entitlement to demand payment. A related and similarly….

Today’s guest blog is from Lea Koiv, BComm, CPA, CMA, CA, CFP, TEP at Lea Koiv and Associates and Alexandra Macqueen, CFP at Pension Acuity. Lea and Alexandra are strategic partners providing advice in areas including longevity planning and the use of annuities in client estate plans, and pension decisions including commutations, transfers, and wind-downs. Many wills provide for a spousal trust with the spouse as the income beneficiary. This….