Fire in the Sky – Post Cremation Memorial Spaceflights
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Estate Planning, Funeral Planning, Succession Planning, WillsSuccession Planning
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Caregiver Tax Credit (CTC), Disability Tax Credit (DTC): Do I Qualify?
Caregiver Tax Credit (CTC), Disability Tax Credit (DTC): Do I Qualify? Growing older with a disability raises questions for parents and adult children alike. For many parents raising a child with special needs, they worry who will look after their adult child when they are no longer capable. ….
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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Planning, Succession PlanningConsent to speak
Generally speaking, the Canada Revenue Agency requires a taxpayer’s consent to speak with someone other than the taxpayer about matters related to the person’s affairs. One may assume the consent requirement is relaxed when the taxpayer is deceased and the deceased’s affairs are in the hands of the estate trustee(s) Think again as this is not automatic.
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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Executors, Succession Planning, WillsWhat Do Dependants’ Support, Gratuitous Promises and Kiwis Have in Common?
New Zealand may be thanked for our dependants’ support legislation, says Professor David Freedman. What kind of support claims will bedevil our courts in the future?….
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Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Succession Planning, WillsWerbenuk v. Werbenuk: Righting a Will’s (and a testator’s) Wrongs
A testator excludes his 4 adult daughters from his estate, leaving everything to his son. A B.C. court effectively redistributes the estate equally between the testator’s children. Can this happen in Ontario too?….
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Contested wills, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Family Conflict, Succession Planning, Wills