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Interrelation of Family Law and Estate Planning

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With many couples, one or both spouses have had previous marriages or common law relationships. For many reasons, these couples’ estate planning instructions are not usually the traditional “all to my spouse with a gift over to my issue”, and clients should understand how their estat planning decisions may be impacted by family law…..

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Capacity Law, Estate Planning, Family Conflict, Power of Attorney, Property, Spouse, Wills

AVOIDING PROBATE FEES WITH A POWER OF ATTORNEY?

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Much has been written about probate fee avoidance. Can you with a power of attorney engage in probate fee avoidance on behalf of a testator whose estate may be subject to probate fees?
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Capacity Law, Contested wills, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Executors, Guardianship, Joint Tenancy, Power of Attorney, Powers Of Attorney and Guardianship Disputes, Probate Tax, Property, Wills

Newell v. Newell: Full Indemnity Costs Awarded to Both Parties

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In Newell v. Newell (2011 ONSC 3228), the court awarded full indemnity costs to both parties to a guardianship dispute, despite the fact that neither party was wholly successful and the application and cross- application had become moot as a result of the death of the incapable mother…..

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Capacity Law, Estate Litigation, Guardianship, Power of Attorney, Powers Of Attorney and Guardianship Disputes
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