Are You in A Terrible Estate Lawsuit? Mediation can help you resolve your estate lawsuit. Estate lawsuits may take many forms. Here are a few examples of estate problems I can help you with. Has your loved one died? Are you still grieving? There may or may…
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Albert didn’t bother talking to a lawyer. He wasn’t sure if he was playing it safe. Albert was executor of his uncle’s small estate. He didn’t realize, however, the size of the estate’s liabilities. His uncle’s RRSPs were transferred directly to his designated beneficiaries. Unknown to Albert,…
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Question 6 Are there foreign or business assets? Wouldn’t it be nice to travel to Europe? What if the estate has assets in another province or country? Will you have time and ability to manage assets in other jurisdictions and with different legal requirements? Are you familiar…
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Question 3 Will there be lawsuits? Are you an Ontario estate executor? You must know this. How people interpret wills can lead to disagreements which are inevitable. Even in the best families, people don’t always agree. Disagreements can cause people to hire lawyers. You may be involved…
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Question 2 Can you handle the executor job? Should you renounce if you are 83 years of age and living 3,000 miles away? Do you have health problems? Why risk your health with the stress of administrating an estate? Consider renouncing. Arguing with people over estate problems…
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Circle your answer and check for the correct answers below. “Executor” is the name of: a) a new planetb) a part of the brainc) a person named in a willd) all of the above Executors are Ontario estate trustees, estate representatives and fiduciaries named in: a) a…
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Your Aunt Jane was a pack rat. It appears she never threw out any magazines that came into her house. Her home had stacks and stacks of books, years of unopened mail and the strong odor of cats that lived in the house with her. Can you…
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Kathy had always been told she would be her aunt’s Ontario estate trustee or executor. Kathy was too shy to ask where her aunt’s original will was stored. Then Kathy got a nasty Boxing Day surprise. Suddenly, her aunt passed away and Kathy could not locate the…
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Everyone has an estate horror story to tell. And each estate is different. That is why executors can’t rely on checklists to protect themselves. I am starting a new series about the dangers Ontario Executors must be aware of to avoid trouble. Here is the second in…
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Are you an estate beneficiary or expect to become one? Then you have to trust executors to deliver your inheritance. And executors, you can’t do your job without understanding your fiduciary duties. Are you waiting to inherit or are you an executor? Here’s what you need to…
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