All About Estates

Month: August 2016

Total 22 Posts

Challenging a loved one’s Will? You’re gonna need evidence

The recent decision in Taylor-Reid v Taylor may seem to be the typical case of an adult child claiming that, ‘dad’s new wife unduly influenced him to cut me out of his Will’, but, on a summary judgment motion, the court found that there was absolutely no evidence to substantiate…

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Delay in final distribution from spousal trust

Where a will is drafted to create a testamentary spousal trust and the will provides that the final distribution date of the trust is three years after the death of the surviving spouse, would the trust be precluded from being a spousal trust.

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