Jasmine Sweatman – Page 4 – All About Estates

Wine – How Liquid is it Really?

Jasmine Sweatman • June 30, 2011

In last months’ Canadian Lawyer Magazine, Warren Porter, owner of Iron Gate Private Wine Management, wrote about wine as a liquid asset. When a wine collector dies, teh collection can be very valuable, and if the collection is not specifically dealt with in the Will, the issue becomes: how does an estate trustee realize this value for the beneficiaries?….

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Charitable Giving, Estate Administration, Executors, Interest, Property, Wills

Screening Tests: Don’t be Fooled

Jasmine Sweatman • June 22, 2011

Capacity is a legal construct, and while screening tests developed based on medical parameters may provide red flags or indications of cognitive impairment, they are not definitive tests of incapacity…..

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Capacity Law, Elder Law

Barriers to Communication Masked as Symptoms of Incapacity – A Reminder

Jasmine Sweatman • June 14, 2011

Last week, in my blog entitled “Red Flags of Incapacity”, I mentioned that certain barriers and physical changes associated with aging can be mistaken for signs of incapacity. As professionals, we need to be able to separate these from actual signs of incapacity, and work to reduce or eliminate their effect as much as possible. These barriers include vision impairment, hearing impairment, and the beginning stages of dementia. As people….

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Capacity Law, Elder Law, Estate Planning

Red Flags for Incapacity

Jasmine Sweatman • June 6, 2011

As professionals, we need to be alert to signs of incapacity in our clients, and we need to remember that some barriers to communication may look like signs of incapacity…..

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Capacity Law, Elder Law, Estate Planning