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Registered education savings plans (“RESPs”) have become a popular financial planning tool for saving money for a child’s post-secondary education. However, they raise many issues from an estate planning perspective that deserve consideration…..
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Estate Administration, Estate PlanningHave you heard about Long Term Care Insurance and wondered what it was had a place in your estate plans? LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE is coverage which pays a daily benefit for care either at home or in a facility when two or more activities of daily living cannot be performed. ….
LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE – Is It An Overlooked Consideration in Your Estate Plan? Continue Reading »
Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate PlanningWhat does the Court consider when determining which of several testamentary document stands? A summary of Gibbon Estate v. Sleeping Children Around the World….
Battle of the Wills Continue Reading »
Charitable Giving, Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, WillsWhere death is imminent, careful tax planning with dividends for the shareholder of a private corporation may return benefits to the estate and beneficiaries of the estate…..
“Rights and things” dividends Continue Reading »
Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Executors, Small Business, TrusteeIt is trite to say that once a trustee is appointed and accepts the office, s/he becomes subject to the duties and powers of that office. A trustee’s liability, in the event that he is found to have breached his/her duties, or exceeded his/her powers, is personal. ….
In the case of discretion, absolute is not absolute. Continue Reading »
Estate Administration, Executors, Liability, Trustee, Trustee Disputes