With the right strategy in place, you can celebrate your role as a grandparent by creating an enduring, tax-efficient legacy. Learm more about the Generation-Skipping Transfer (GST) tax and how to protect your family’s legacy.
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Legacy Planning: The Generation-Skipping Transfer (GST) Tax

  • September 10, 2025
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The spousal rollover applies differently across property types. Understanding how this rule functions and knowing exactly when an executor should strategically elect out of it is one of the most vital components of estate planning. 
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Understanding How “Spousal Rollover” Works in Canada

  • June 30, 2026
  • Less than a minute
It is generally unreasonable to expect an executor to work for free, or for less than the standard rate, given the considerable amount of work involved. For potential executors, clarity about compensation helps them make informed decisions about accepting the role.
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Is it Reasonable for an Executor to Expect Compensation?

  • November 4, 2025
  • 1 minute read
While courts are generally reluctant to interfere with a testator’s choice of estate trustee, that choice will be overridden where it is necessary to ensure the proper, efficient, and impartial administration of the estate.
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Feuding Siblings Replaced By Neutral Third-Party Estate Trustee

  • March 23, 2026
  • 1 minute read
It might be the hardest part of caregiving — watching your loved one slip away step by terrible step, knowing you can’t stop the decline and grieving the loss, long before they’re actually gone.
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  • May 16, 2022
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Creating a Trust: Estate Planning for Adults with Special Needs

  • January 6, 2025
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Special Needs Adults: Presumption of Capacity & Individual Rights | Can a court make a parenting order for an adult child living with a disability without giving them an opportunity to participate in the proceeding?
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Special Needs Adults: Presumption of Capacity & Individual Rights

To file a dependant support claim against an estate, you must file a Notice of Application with the court and provide supporting evidence in an affidavit, typically within six months of the estate trustee being appointed. 
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How to File a Dependant Support Claim Against an Estate

The things that matter most aren’t always in a bank account— "The $2 Million Lawsuit That Started Over Grandma’s Lasagna Recipe"...
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Siblings Battle Over Rights to Grandma’s Lasagna Recipe

A memorandum or letter of wishes is a document containing an expression of wishes to your executors and beneficiaries, providing guidance on how you would like your estate to be administered. It is not a Will.
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What is a Memorandum or Letter of Wishes?

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