June 2020

LIFE INSURANCE IN THE COVID-19 ERA

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As someone who has been around the life insurance industry in a professional and personal capacity for several decades, I am always curious about what motivates people to buy or not buy life insurance. I understand that few people spend time thinking about the consequences of low-probability events and are therefore disinclined to consider the need for life insurance. I would have thought the COVID-19 pandemic would increase public awareness….

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Business Succession Planning, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Funeral Planning, In the News, Insurance, Investments, Property, Tax Issues, Uncategorized

COVID-19: Emergency Orders Extended and Courts to (Partially and Potentially) Reopen

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Earlier today, the Ontario government extended all its emergency orders (including the order suspending statutory deadlines). de VRIES LITIGATION LLP brings you this special Saturday blog on this matter and other breaking developments on the justice system and COVID-19. As noted in my previous blog, the Ontario government made an order under sections 7.01 and 7.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act to suspend limitation periods and other….

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Courts, Estate Litigation, In the News

The “Talk”

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Today’s blog is being brought to you by guest blogger, Jennifer Campbell, a law clerk in the Private Client Services group of Fasken LLP. The time finally came that my brother and I have had to have “the talk” with our parents.  No no, not THAT talk.  Rather, the talk with them about whether it was time for them to “downsize” because of their age or whether they should start….

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Unrestricted Giving – In Life and Estates

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An “ah ha” of COVID-19 is the importance of unrestricted giving to charity.  Donors, foundations and charities are realizing that excess conditions may hinders responses to urgent social needs.  Will this insight last beyond the pandemic? And does it apply to estate donations? Trust-Based Philanthropy First a bit of context.  In the charity world, particularly among granting foundations, there is a growing movement called “trust-based philanthropy”.  The tenets of this….

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Estate Donations, Estate Planning, Philanthropy/Charitable Giving

Court of Appeal Denies Stay of Order to Sell Property In Power of Attorney Dispute

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In the recent decision of Volk v. Volk, 2020 ONCA 297, the Court of Appeal for Ontario declined the moving parties’ motion for a stay pending appeal of an Order granting the sale of real property alleged to have been purchased by attorneys for property with the funds of the incapable grantor. Facts: The underlying application involved the property of Doris Volk (“Doris”). Doris was incapable, and her property was….

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Guardianship, Powers Of Attorney and Guardianship Disputes
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