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This is a question that plagues parents when they do their Wills – often to the point that they don’t actually do their Wills. Perhaps knowing what the effect of including a guardianship clause in a Will is, parents wouldn’t let this issue stymie the completion of their Wills…..
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo, Who Will Get Your Kids After You Go… Continue Reading »
Estate Planning, Guardianship, WillsWhen a parent is disinheriting one or more of their children we should not only advise of the potential repercussions but also offer potential solutions…..
How do you help your clients protect their estate from a moral claim? Continue Reading »
Elder Law, Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executors, WillsHow is it possible for five parties to incur $4,435,050.18 of costs essentially on a four day hearing? The recipe is one part deafness, and one part unreasonableness. ….
Is Anyone Listening? Costs and Judicial Resources Continue Reading »
Contested wills, Estate Litigation, Executors, Trustee Disputes, WillsGenerally 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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Consent to speak Continue Reading »
Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Executors, Succession Planning, WillsIs it possible to disclaim a life interest once you’ve already been receiving payments of income or capital, and to accelerate payment of the trust property to the remainder beneficiaries? ….
Acceleration: Is a Life Interest Always a Life Interest Continue Reading »
Estate Planning, Trusts, WillsFrom the rights of children to know about their biological origins to the ownership of sperm, the legal issues inherent in assisted human reproduction are ever expanding…..
Mom, dad and the kids, and mom and dad and. . . Continue Reading »
Estate Planning, U.S. Citizen, Wills