Estate Law Canada: Probate registries search links added to our list ...

Estate Law Canada: Probate registries search links added to our list ...: Those of you who have checked out our tab containing Interesting Links (which so far is more than 10,400 of you) may  have noticed that I&#3...

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Estate Law Canada: Was it ok for the estate lawyer to write a cheque ...

Estate Law Canada: Was it ok for the estate lawyer to write a cheque ...: The relationship between beneficiaries, executor, and estate lawyer is a confusing one for many people. A reader wrote to me recently to a...

Estate Law Canada: How do I know if I'm a beneficiary?

Estate Law Canada: How do I know if I'm a beneficiary?: In the usual course of an estate, the executor obtains the will and lets everyone in the family know who is going to inherit. If there are...

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Estate Law Canada: If the executor is also a lawyer, can he ramp up l...

Estate Law Canada: If the executor is also a lawyer, can he ramp up l...: After reading my earlier post about lawyers charging both executor fees and legal fees on one estate, a reader emailed me with the followi...

Estate Law Canada: Cost of mediation vs cost of trial

Estate Law Canada: Cost of mediation vs cost of trial: In this blog, you have sometimes seen me talk about the fact that participating in mediation is cheaper than going to trial. Mediation has...

Estate Law Canada: How to make inheritance fairer

Estate Law Canada: How to make inheritance fairer: An article from www.bbc.com caught my eye, as it is talking about ways in which inheritance may be equalized among people in general. The...

Estate Law Canada: Failure to plan for your digital assets can have c...

Estate Law Canada: Failure to plan for your digital assets can have c...: I've noticed that a lot of my clients say that the concept of digital assets doesn't apply to them. They insist they don't hav...

Estate Law Canada: My deceased friend had no family. Can I claim her ...

Estate Law Canada: My deceased friend had no family. Can I claim her ...: What happens when a friend dies without a will, and you know he or she has no family who is going to step in and look after things? A read...