As an estates law clerk, when I begin work on a new estate administration file, one of the first things I do is read the deceased’s obituary. It isn’t a legal document like the Will, but it often provides valuable background information about the deceased and helpful context about family…
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A recent Toronto Star article[1] highlighted what has become a bit of an interesting viral trend in the modern internet era: “scorched earth” obituaries, written by one or more of a deceased person’s relatives, who do not have anything nice to say in their send-off of the departed. The article provides…