Testamentary contributions to a disabled person’s RDSP can be a helpful estate planning tool, but should be considered together with other tools and in light of all of the circumstances.
Jasmine Sweatman
The need for reform of the Subsitute Decisions Act.
A review of abatement and how it can affect estate planning.
Will courts order DNA tests in estate matters?
The Long Term Care Homes Act, 2007 replaced three statutes and provides clarity and reform in this increasingly important area of the law.
Court ordered assessments can have unintended consequences.
What level of capcity do you need to have to make a gift and what other considerations are there?
Professionals and lay people have no doubt been part of or heard about the increased awareness of the issues facing the elderly whether vulnerable, capable or not. Most however, are not aware of section 331 of the criminal code.
What are “Safe Exists” and why are people concerned about them.
Since the paradigm shift about ten years ago in costs in estate litigation such that costs are to now follow the cause rather than being paid out of the estate automatically, proportionality has become the new kid in town.