Author: Theresa Arsenault, K.C.

Theresa Arsenault, K.C., one of the most experienced and highly respected lawyers in the Okanagan, focuses on estate planning law and business law in her practice.  Her clients benefit from…

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There are a whole new set of challenges when making an estate plan for a blended family.
Many people are helping their children financially, both while they are under 19 and often well into their adult years.
How will my executor or trustee know how I want them to look after my children or spouse?
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (“TRCC”) was established by the settlement of the class action law suits against the government of Canada, brought by the survivors of the

British Columbia is a unique jurisdiction for estate planning because of:

  • probate fees of 1.4% of the gross value of the assets that pass through Estate ($14,000 per million); and
  • the Wills

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