Category: Wills, Estates and Trusts
Leaving a charitable donation in your Will can be a wonderful way to benefit a charity that has meant a great deal to you during your lifetime.
Everyone should have a Will. A Will becomes even more important where you have assets (i.e. own a home, have businesses etc.), have a spouse and/or children. By not having
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
My elderly father seems to be losing his ability to manage his financial affairs. I’m also worried that my step-sister is “borrowing” money from him. Dad doesn’t seem to be
If you don’t already have a Will in place, or if you haven’t looked at your Will for a while, take five minutes to answer a few of these simple
Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Garron Family Trust v. The Queen (also known as St. Michael Trust Corp. or the Fundy Settlement). The