I have written before about whether accepting the responsibility of being an executor/estate trustee of an estate is an honour or a...

Often a Will allows significant discretion to an estate trustee to make decisions both with respect to calling in the estate's assets or...

In ancient times, the eldest son (sorry girls) was entitled to a double share of his father's estate. Many opinions have been offered as...

Many times in life, we play more than one role at the same time. For example, we may be spouse, parent, employee and citizen...

Until recently, a conflict between two limitation periods created uncertainty for the administrators of estates in circumstances where...

A recent Ontario Superior Court decision rules that personal support workers and caregivers may owe fiduciary responsibilities to the...

People will do all sorts of things to try to get out of the probate fees associated with transferring property after a death. What...

We all know that putting money into an RRSP defers taxes. It is only when the money is withdrawn that the income tax becomes due and...

Can a romantic partner - even one in an apparently close and loving relationship for several years - make a claim for dependent's relief...

Last Will and Testaments, like plans, change. Those changes mean increases to some and decreases to others. If a beneficiary's share of...