Most Recent Solicitor Tips
Options in Responding to an Application to Pass Accounts
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Irrevocability of Trusts
Further Guidance on Beneficiary Designations
Ontario’s Estate Laws are Changing – Part 2
Ontario’s Estate Laws are Changing – Part 1
Recent Updates to Estate Legislation Regulations
Updated Probate Rules for Small Estates
A Refresher on Service Requirements Relevant to an Estates Practice
Modernization of the Rules of Civil Procedure
The Importance of Revisiting Committee Appointments
Probate Applications and COVID-19
Execution of Wills and Powers of Attorney During COVID-19: A Further Update
COVID-19 and Estates Matters: An Update
Documenting Wishes Regarding Gifts to Adult Children
Estate Freezes and Other Corporate Restructuring During COVID-19
Applications to Pass Accounts During COVID-19
Execution of Wills and Powers of Attorney in Counterpart
Estate Planning During COVID-19
A Refresher on Witness Requirements
Who is Entitled to a POA / Guardianship Accounting?
Motions for the Return of Certificates of Appointment
Probate Applications by Non-Spouses
When Can an Estate Trustee Renounce?
Preserving the Rights of Children Conceived After Death
Estate Planning for Pets
Estate Administration Tax Update
Guidance Provided By Ministry Of Finance In Respect Of Multiple Wills
Ademption
Joint Wills
Appointment of Succeeding Estate Trustees with a Will
Preserving the Right to Elect for Equalization under the FLA
Multiple Wills Revisited
Advising Estate Planning Clients on Life Insurance
Protecting Estate Trustees from Future Liability
The Importance of Documenting Instructions When Preparing Mirror Wills
An Update on Multiple Wills
Lost Will Applications
Assisting Clients in Making Cross-Border Distributions
Drafting Effective Powers of Attorney
Tips for a Successful Probate Application
Preserving ODSP Benefits
Ensuring Strict Compliance with Formal Requirements for a Valid Will
Drafting Around Disclaimer
Protecting Estates from Identity Theft
Advising Clients Regarding Wills Benefitting Charities
Contingency Planning for Lawyers
Advising Clients Regarding RRSP Tax Obligations
Private Care Agreements and Estate Planning
The Impact of Divorce on Estate Planning and Administration
Probate and Assets Passing Outside of an Estate
Accessibility of Death Certificates
Considerations Relevant to Estate Trustee Compensation
Adoption and Estate Planning
New Restrictions to the Principal Residence Exemption
Payment of Probate Fees
Knowledge and Approval
Probate and Real Property
Storing Wills
Precatory Language Within Last Wills and Testaments
The Use of Capacity Assessments in Estate Planning
Keeping Beneficiaries Informed
Probate Applications and Proof of Death
Digital Assets
Assisting Clients in the Selection of Estate Trustees
Estate Planning – Fertility Issues
The Importance of Due Diligence
Organ Donation
RRSP Designations and Taxes
Compensation Fixed by Will
The Golden Rule
New Regulation – Rules of Civil Procedure
Revocation of Powers of Attorney
Gift Over Provisions in Wills and Trusts
The Succession Law Reform Act
20 Years of White v. Jones
Estate Information Return
Charitable Giving
Multiple Wills
