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Family Meetings and Power of Attorney for Personal Care

I had the pleasure of recently attending the B’nai Brith Canada Estates and Trusts Group annual seminar, titled Power of Attorney Disputes. It was a wonderful opportunity to watch some of Ontario’s finest estate lawyers play different roles (feuding siblings and mediator) as well as hear their professional perspective on various aspects of Power of Attorney disputes regarding questionable capacity, accounting issues, estate trustees and sexual consent. While the focus….

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Elder Care, Elder Law, Family Conflict, Power of Attorney, Powers Of Attorney and Guardianship Disputes

POA versus Executor Compensation

On Tuesday, September 29, I spoke at an OBA program entitled “The Family Business: Administration and Litigation of Trusts and Estates Holding Business Assets.” At the end of the program, there was an interesting discussion about the distinction between compensation for estate trustees and compensation for POAs or guardians of property appointed pursuant to the Substitute Decisions Act (“SDA”). A regulation to the SDA sets out the prescribed rates of….

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Attorney Compensation, Compensation, Executors, Passing Of Trustees’ and Executors’ Accounts, POA Compensation, Power of Attorney, Trustee, Trustee Compensation
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