Category: Wills, Estates and Trusts
Your Estate Planning process is underway. You know that you want to provide for a charity in your Estate Plan, but you have no particular affiliation with any charity. You
I have had several clients bring me a “My Voice” pamphlet for discussion during their estate and incapacity planning appointments with me. These pamphlets were given to them during an
Probate fees of 1.4% of the gross value of assets located within British Columbia and passing through an estate in British Columbia are payable to the BC government at the
In the 2013 Federal Budget, the Department of Finance announced that it was going to consult with the public on proposed changes to the Income Tax Act regarding the taxation
Whenever property is ‘co-owned’ by anyone other than a husband and wife, I always strongly recommend that a Co-Ownership Agreement be put in place. Family cabins at the lake, Big
British Columbia’s Probate Fee Act sets out the rules for the rate of probate fees payable on a deceased estate and when they must be paid. As a general rule,