Do your loved ones know your wishes should you become incapacitated? Making decisions without clear directions from you can be extremely difficult. Every Canadian adult should have a living will... 22 Mar

Advance Directives: What Should be Included in Your Living Will?

Communicating Your Estate Plan is Vital | Communication Breakdowns | Wills and Powers of Attorney | Estate Planning | Estates Gone Wrong 24 Feb

Communicating Your Plans: a Vital Part of Estate Planning

Couples may have many reasons for not getting married, but when a common law partner dies without a will, the living partner is left legally vulnerable. Here’s what you need to know... 16 Feb

Complications for ‘Legally Vulnerable’ Common Law Couples 

These conversations can be difficult, but they’ll save your children from added stress. Find out how and when to have "The Talk" with your adult kids about your estate plans and their inheritance... 03 Feb

How To Talk About Your Estate Plans with Your Adult Children

One way to plan financially for long-term care is to create a trust. It can be an incredibly useful tool to protect your assets if you become incapacitated and to shield your assets to qualify for certain long-term care benefits. 23 Jan

How to Use a Trust to Plan for Long-Term Care

A living will is an important part of advance care planning, which involves discussing and preparing for future health care decisions in the event you can’t make them. Learn where to find advance directive forms in your state. 31 Oct

Advance Care Planning: Preparing a Living Will

A substitute decision-maker is a designated person authorized to make decisions on behalf of a patient who is unable to make important decisions about their own personal care. 13 May

Understanding the Role of Substitute Decision-Maker in Ontario

When Caretakers Empty the Coffers: A Look at Guardianship Fraud 13 Apr

When Caretakers Empty the Coffers: A Look at Guardianship Fraud

97-year-old woman with dementia had tens of thousands of dollars taken from her accounts by former power of attorney: "let down by a system that doesn't protect the elderly and vulnerable when it comes to financial disputes involving POAs"... 03 Mar

Financial Abuse Case Exposes Gaps in Canadian Justice System