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For over 100 years, Scotiatrust® has helped Canadians preserve and transfer their wealth. Together with your team of specialists, we work to understand your achievements and help you connect them, so your wealth makes the meaningful impact you want. We also help you make important decisions sooner and ensure they’re followed when you’re unable to do so yourself. We are a team of highly experienced, hands-on professionals and we view it as our responsibility to ensure our clients have addressed all relevant issues and that their wishes are followed throughout and beyond their lifetime, helping them to live well and leave well.

Joint Accounts Held as Tenants in Common: A Tool to Avoid Litigation

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This blog was written by Holly LeValliant Perhaps one of the most litigious issues in the area of estate law is the question of whether a joint account passes on survivorship when one of the owners dies, or whether the survivor holds the balance of the account in trust for the deceased’s estate. Joint ownership of bank accounts between parents and children is common and can be a convenient tool….

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YODO! – You Only Die Once

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This blog was written by Sierra Nunno While many young people cling to the acronym YOLO, which stands for ‘you only live once,’ the truth is YODO… you only die once. Ideally, upon death, our wishes are carried out according to plan and we rest peacefully. But what if there was no plan in the first place? The Covid-19 pandemic has forced young Canadians to confront an uncomfortable reality –….

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An RESP may be a simple solution for funding a grandchild’s education, but beware of its limitations

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This Blog was written by Joanna Mazin, Estate and Trust Planning Lead at MD Financial Management Inc. which is part of Scotia Wealth Management Many clients I work with are interested in finding a tax-efficient way to financially support their minor grandchildren’s savings for post-secondary education. I often suggest that they consider opening or contributing to a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP). Presenting each of these options comes with instructions on how an RESP….

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#FreeBritney: Toxic, Conservatorships, and Guardianship Abuse

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This blog was written by Raluca Gondor You may know Britney Spears for her hit songs like Piece of Me, Toxic, and Criminal. But lurking behind a wildly successful career is a darker aspect of her life, one that may be foreshadowed by her song titles: Britney Spears’ conservatorship. Since February 2008, Britney Spears has been under a probate conservatorship which restricts her ability to manage her estimated $60M estate….

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The Question of Executor: Who, What, When, Where and Why?

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This blog was written by Maggie Dalke – Estate and Trust Consultant with Scotia Wealth Management Estate planning can be very complex and there is always a lot of detail to cover with our clients. We look at how to achieve a tax efficient estate, address estate liquidity, beneficiary designations, family dynamics, cross-border considerations and how estate law intersects with other areas of law such as family law, corporate law….

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The Anxiety of Preparing an Estate Plan: What can we do to help

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This Blog was written by Emily Racine, Estate and Trust Consultant with Scotia Wealth Management After being in this business for nearly a decade, I often hear from clients about the stress and worry that is associated with estate planning. This stress can often cause a blockage for some clients forcing estate planning considerations to be put off to the side and stalling clients from having their plan completed. There….

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