Wills

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Millions of Wills now online at Ancestry.com

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Ancestry.com Inc. (“Ancestry”), based in Utah, is the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world. In addition, subsidiaries operate in many European countries and also in Australia and Canada. A great many public records are made available through Ancestry, including: birth, death and marriage; census and voter lists; and military. Added to this immense volume of information, millions of U.S. Wills are now available at the site. (No news on….

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Memorial Jewellery – From Ashes to Diamonds?

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After cremation, most people think of ashes being “sprinkled”, held in an urn or interred. Many companies are advertising different options in the form of “Memorial Jewellery”, and one has developed a method of creating diamonds that are purportedly “molecularly identical to naturally occurring diamonds” from cremated remains…..

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Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Funeral Planning, Interest, Wills

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

Ontario Court of Appeal Considers When is a Gift Not a Gift

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In McNamee v. McNamee, the Court of Appeal reviewed the essential ingredients of a legally valid gift. The issue on appeal was whether 500 common shares in the family business, which had been transferred to Mr. McNamee Jr. constituted a gift for the purposes of s. 4(2) of the Family Law Act.

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Estate Litigation, Succession Planning, Wills
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