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Paper vs. Electronic Filing of Estate Information Returns!

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Today’s blog was written by guest bloggers, Tracy Parkinson and Krista Brown, law clerks in the Private Client Services group of Fasken LLP. It’s hard to believe that we have been filing Estate Information Returns (the “EIR”) with the Ministry of Finance (the “Ministry”) since January 1, 2015, but if I start thinking about it, Ontario estates law has seen as much change in the last 4 or 5 years….

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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Executors, Wills

Secret Trusts

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Secret and trusts are essentially trust arrangements made between a testator and a trustee, without written disclosure or agreement of the terms of the arrangement, but where an understanding exists between the parties. Based on precedent in case law, the essential elements of a secret trust are: • An intent by the testator to subject the trustee to an obligation in favour of a beneficiary; • Communication of that intent….

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Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Liability, Resulting Trust, Trustee, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

It’s Time to Ring in a New Year, A New Decade with Change

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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. The Ontario government has tabled a new Bill that would see a change to various Acts and would look to simplify court matters.  Bill 161 – Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2019 is set to become a reality if it can pass through the legislature when….

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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications

Dead People Who (Still) Make More Money Than You

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  Imagine this – You’re a movie director on the independent film circuit. You need to cast the lead in your latest project, but you’ve spent most of your budget on skinny jeans and fair-trade lattes. You’re looking for someone that personifies being disillusioned, while also being super cool. Someone with star power. Someone ridiculously good-looking. Someone ridiculously cheap. You’re looking for a rebel. Someone so rebellious, that they don’t even….

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