Estate Planning

Section 9 of the Ontario Estates Administration Act (“EAA”) is often referred to as the “automatic vesting” provision, since it provides for the automatic vesting of real property in certain circumstances. Specifically, subsection 9(1) provides that real property that is not “disposed of, conveyed to, divided or distributed” among the persons beneficially entitled to such real property within 3 years of the date of death automatically vests in the beneficiaries….

Last week, along with my associates Teresa Acs and Holly Allardyce, I attended an event presented by law firm WeirFoulds, titled Mind Over Matter: Living with a Healthy Brain. The session featured two “members” of the Women’s Brain Health Initiative (WBHI). WBHI is a charitable non-profit with a mandate to “provide education and fund research to combat brain aging diseases that affect women”. Lynn Posluns is the Founder, President and….