Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Thursday June 22, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. When a person dies in Ontario, and no next of kin claims an inheritance from the Estate, the government attempts to locate a surviving relative The Ontario Public
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Wise Law Blog: LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Thursday June 15, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. When a person is married in Ontario, the marriage automatically revokes a prior Last Will made by that person. The sole exception to this rule is a Last
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday May 4, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. An estate trustee is entitled to be paid for the work they do on behalf of the estate. The compensation is 2.5% of each transaction in and of of
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Thursday April 20, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. Life insurance policies that designate a beneficiary become that beneficiary’s property on the day the insured dies. They don’t become part of the insured’s estate and they are
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Thursday April 13, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. Everyone who applies in Ontario for a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee is required to file an Estate Information Return within 90 calendar days after a Certificate
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday April6, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. In Ontario, you may complete a Power of Attorney for Personal Care to appoint one or more trusted persons to make medical decisions on your behalf in critical circumstances where
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 30, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. Where a person dies without a will, an intestacy arises. Ontario’s Succession Law Reform Act establishes rules for the distribution of an intestate deceased person’s property. An intestate person’s
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Thursday March 23, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. Ontario strictly requires that a Will be signed by the person making the will and be witnessed by two people who are not beneficiaries. If these formal requirements
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Here is your daily LawFacts from Wise Law for Thursday March 16, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at www.wiselaw.net A Last Will must provide adequately for dependents who relied on
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 9, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at www.wiselaw.net When a person dies in Ontario, and no next of kin
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 9, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at www.wiselaw.net When a person dies in Ontario, and no next of kin
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 2, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at www.wiselaw.net. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Mar 2,
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 2, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at www.wiselaw.net. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Mar 2,
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday February 16, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, and Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at www.wiselaw.net A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Feb
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday February 16, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, and Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at www.wiselaw.net A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Feb
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday February 9, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, and Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at www.wiselaw.net. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Feb
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday February 9, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, and Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at www.wiselaw.net. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Feb
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Using Estimated Values of Estate Assets to Begin Estate Administration
BY PAUL B. ADAM, ASSOCIATE LAWYERA common practice in Ontario that has allowed an Estate Trustee to get going with the management of an Estate, before the precise value of each asset is known, is to file an application for a certificate of appointment with best estimate values of certain
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BY PAUL B. ADAM, ASSOCIATE LAWYER This series of articles will cover the many stages that an executor (now also known as an “Estate Trustee”) must pass through in managing the affairs of a deceased- from the immediate aftermath of death, to the final distribution of the Estate. Even if
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday January 26, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jan 26, 2017 at 6:35am PST A last will cannot have provisions that run contrary to public policy. For instance,
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