Estate Planning

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Facts, Mistakes, and Probate

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Today’s blog was written by Christopher Cook, Student-At-Law at de VRIES LITIGATION LLP In some common law jurisdictions, there exists a fascinating (but rarely applied) legal doctrine called “patent mistake.” This doctrine applies in the context of applications for probate. When asked to probate a will, the court’s task is to determine whether the will in question really is the deceased’s last will and testament. Naturally, this inquiry requires the….

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Contested wills, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executors, Fiduciary Professions, Succession Planning, Wills

Charitable purposes and estate donations

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Estate planning is an exercise in time travel.  It is impossible to predict the future, especially when the time gap between planning and death is often decades.  Fast forward 25 years, a charity may not exist when the estate is distributed. Charity law identified this problem and a solution to it over 500 years ago. The solution is the charitable purpose in a charitable trust.  In trust law there are “object trusts” that….

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Estate Donations, Estate Planning, Philanthropy/Charitable Giving, Uncategorized

Intergenerational business transfers

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Since the introduction of the draft legislation for intergenerational business transfers (IBT) on March 28, 2023, the National tax services team at Baker Tilly Canada has reviewed the IBT rules in detail.  For a convenient summary of the proposed IBT rules, please refer to the following document prepared by the team – Genuine intergenerational transfers – comparison of the rules.  The objective of this blog is to provide an analysis….

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Business Succession Planning, Estate Planning, Succession Planning

Analog Art, Analog Assets

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For my last blog post, I discussed the potential financial value of an individual’s “personalty” and clauses in wills governing such personalty. While an individual’s more traditional assets may include bank accounts, real estate or vehicles, there may also be some other personal items (e.g. collections) that may have significant financial value for an estate. I’d like to discuss “physical” assets a bit more, this time focusing on assets they….

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Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Uncategorized, valuation

Atypical Asset Administration (Part 2)

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This blog has been written by Sandra Arsenault, Law Clerk at Fasken LLP Welcome back! This is Part 2 of a two-part series on unusual assets and estate administration. For part one, please see my blog post here. Typical assets in an estate consist of real property, automobiles, corporations, investments, cash, jewellery and artwork. What I would call the “easy” stuff. But sometimes there are collections, specialized equipment, intangible assets….

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Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executors, Tax Issues, Uncategorized, Wills

Jam Needs a Plan: Estate Planning for Pets

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A dog in a red sweater sitting on autumn leaves.

Estate planning for pets has made for some very wealthy animals. Remember the US hotel heiress Leona Hemsley? Known as the Queen of Mean, she left $12 million out of her estimated $5 billion estate to her Maltese lap dog, Trouble. The dog’s inheritance was reduced to $2 million, but still. That was more than enough for the $100,000 spent on Trouble’s care each year. Today’s richest dog is the….

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Elder Care, Elder Management, Estate Planning, Smart Ageing
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