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Powers of Attorney and Medical Assistance in Dying - Common Questions and Concerns

Trigger Warning: This article contains themes and topics that may be upsetting to some individuals. A Power of Attorney for Personal Care is a docume...
Feb 2023
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Updates in Estate Law Legislation - Part II

We march closer to the end of 2021, another long and strange year. Big changes have taken place in modernizing Estates law, and some of these changes ...
Jan 2022
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Recent Developments in Dependent Support from Estates

On December 5, 2016, the Ontario Legislature passed new legislation, called the All Families Are Equal Act, 2016 S.O. 2016, c.23 (Bill 28) (“the...
Aug 2017
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Last Wishes and The Authority of an Estate Trustee

Imagine that you are an Estate Trustee for a family member or friend’s Estate, and that she has asked you to cremate her body and to dispose of ...
Mar 2017
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Testamentary Freedom vs. Public Policy

A recent wave of Canadian case law has shone some light on testamentary freedom, and the exceptions to this freedom. An individual has the freedom to ...
Oct 2016
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Compensation for Executors and Attorneys under Power of Attorney

Acting as an attorney under a Continuing Power of Attorney for Property (PoA) for an incapable person or as the Executor of an Estate, can involve con...
Feb 2016
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