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Updating Your Estate Plan: When and Why It Is Necessary
Creating an estate plan is a crucial step in ensuring your assets are distributed according to your wishes and that your loved ones are well taken care of once you have passed. However, creating an estate plan is not a...
Do Beneficiaries Have Rights in Ontario?
Strictly speaking, beneficiaries of a deceased’s estate do not have “rights” per se. Beneficiaries are not entitled to do any of the things that an Executor or Estate Trustee is obligated to do. Beneficiaries are, however, entitled to an accounting...
What can you do when your loved one doesn’t provide for you in their Will?
Did you know that, in certain circumstances, if your loved one doesn’t provide for you in their Will, you can make what is called a “Dependant Support Claim” against their estate? This is an exception to what is known as...
Effective January 1, 2022: Changes Improving Access to Justice in Estate Matters
Further to our Estate Litigation blog posts on March 23, 2021, and May 6, 2021, outlining the steps that the Ontario government was taking to improve access to justice in estate matters, the Lieutenant Governor has proclaimed that the Schedule...
Update on Improving Access to Justice in Estate Matters
Updated post - June 29, 2021 Effective January 1, 2022: Changes Improving Access to Justice in Estate Matters Further to our post on March 23, 2021, outlining the steps the Ontario government was taking to improve access to justice in...
