Does an Adult Child have an Obligation to Support their Parent?

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*This blog was researched and authored by Jonathon Vander Zee, who is an articling student with de VRIES LITIGATION LLP.  There are many different kinds of support that can be sought as relief in a legal proceeding, such as child support, spousal support, and dependant’s support. These types of support are frequently litigated and can often be the central issue in a family or estate dispute. One of the lesser….

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Courts, Dependant Support, Estate Litigation, Family Conflict, Uncategorized

Pay Your Taxes, or Your Widow(er) Might Have To

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This blog has been written by Maddi Thomas, Associate at Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP Beneficiary designations are commonly used by individuals to allow registered retirement savings plans (“RRSP”) and other savings accounts to “pass outside of the estate”, i.e., be distributed or transferred outright to a surviving co-owner; or, in the case of registered plans, to a designated beneficiary on the death of an individual, thereby bypassing the probate process…..

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Estate Planning, Spouse, Tax Issues, Wills

BILL C-62 – Delays the inclusion of mental illness from MAID eligibility

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Everyone knows the tragic Shakespeare tale of how Juliet awakens from her “death” to discover that her love Romeo had taken his life, believing that Juliet had really died.  Juliet, in her own state of sorrow, stabs herself with a dagger and is joined forever with her love Romeo. This week, it was announced that the former Dutch Prime Minister, Dries van Agt and his wife Eugenie van Agt-Krekelberg passed….

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Capacity Law, Family Conflict, In the News, Medical Assistance in Dying, Uncategorized

Donating Internationally

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Canadian donors who wish to support foreign charities and international charitable initiatives have historically had limited options.  While there are about 3,000 registered charities with international activities and another 700 foreign universities with qualified donee status, there are coverage gaps.  It’s a big world with lots of needs. Starting in 2022, new rules were introduced that enable Canadian charities to make grants to non-qualified donees.  To translate, these are organizations….

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Estate Donations, Estate Planning, Philanthropy/Charitable Giving

Automatic Vesting (Lazy Executors Hate This One Simple Trick!)

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An estate trustee is responsible for distributing the property of the deceased to those who are beneficially entitled to it (either in accordance with the terms of the relevant testamentary instrument or, where there is no such instrument, in accordance with the rules set out in the relevant legislation). What happens when an estate trustee ‘forgets’ to distribute some of the deceased’s property? In Ontario, Section 9 of the Estates….

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Estate Administration, Property

Who is the Settlor?

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Who is the settlor? A simple question but many take the answer for granted; essentially, the Deed of Trust indicates the settlor and a paragraph confirms the settlor’s intention and defines the settled property. A trust is established only upon the settlor expressing his or her wishes to create a trust and transferring property (referred to as the “settled property”) to the trustees of the trust. Is this sufficient to….

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Succession Planning, Trusts
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