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The Secret Language of Estates, and Inflation

By Betty Laidlaw • December 2, 2022 • 0 Comments

Estates clerks and lawyers “speak” their own language. We use acronyms or initialisms[1] such as CAET, EIR, RCP, ARI, AET, GRE, POA and COLA. We use abbreviations like Benys and T’ees, and we draw triangles. The idea for this blog was born when reflecting on having to interpret a lawyer’s…

Considerations When Trustees are Involved in Transactions

By Tamar Silverbrook • November 25, 2022 • 0 Comments

Approaching year end, you increasingly may be fielding calls from corporate lawyer peers who are closing transactions in which trusts are involved. For example, trusts may be direct vendors or sellers, or, perhaps HoldCos are the sellers, but one or more trusts own the shares of the HoldCos. This blog…

ELDER ABUSE: A GROWING PROBLEM IN AN AGING POPULATION

By Fasken • November 18, 2022 • 0 Comments

Today’s blog is co-written by Jennifer Campbell and Sandra Arsenault, Senior Law Clerks in the Private Client Services Group at Fasken. At the beginning of November, we were fortunate enough to attend the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario (ILCO) annual conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake. This conference brings together law clerks…

Can a Power of Attorney for Property Change a Beneficiary Designation?

By Fasken • November 4, 2022 • 0 Comments

Today’s blog is written by Jessica J. Butler, Law Clerk at Fasken LLP. Powers of attorney can be an area of confusion for those clients looking to create or update their estate plans. Clients can be uncertain as to what kinds of duties and responsibilities someone appointed under a power…

LEAVING A LEGACY FOR YOUR CHILDREN: SHIFTING PRIORITIES OVER TIME

By Scotiatrust • October 6, 2022 • 1 Comment

This Blog was written by Emily Racine, Estate and Trust Consultant with Scotia Wealth Management As an estate planner, I can divide the people that I see into two types of clients – clients who want to spend all their money before they die and clients whose major concern is…

Illiquid Assets and Estate Donations

By Malcolm Burrows • September 22, 2022 • 0 Comments

Tax relief for an estate donation cannot be claimed until the property is transferred to a charity. No tax receipt; no tax credits. If the distribution is after 60 months after death of the donor there is no tax receipt at all. But what if the estate has illiquid assets…

Digital Assets: Spotlighting Client User Considerations (Part II)

By Demetre Vasilounis • September 16, 2022 • 0 Comments

Today’s blog post was written in collaboration with Adele Ambrose – Student-at-Law at Fasken. This is the second part in a two-part blog series that explores the specific client considerations for digital assets in estate planning. In Part I, we took a look at the digital assets landscape in Canada…

What If… Black Panther Made a Will? – Lessons in Ensuring Your Common-Law Spouse Inherits if You Die Without a Will

By Fasken • August 12, 2022 • 0 Comments

Today’s blog was written by Jessica Butler, Law Clerk at Fasken LLP. Chadwick Boseman’s death came as a surprise to the world when he passed away in August 2020, at age 43 from colon cancer. Chadwick was best known for his role in Black Panther – the first superhero movie…

Do I really need a Power of Attorney?

By Fasken • August 5, 2022 • 0 Comments

Today’s blog was written by Courtney Lanthier, Law Clerk at Fasken LLP Simply put, yes. A Power of Attorney, whether it be for your physical property or for your health care needs, can be an invaluable document that should be part of an estate plan. Clients can be so caught…

Eighteen (18) – Capacity to Make a Will, but will you?

By Fasken • July 29, 2022 • 1 Comment

This blog has been co-written by Sandra Arsenault, Law Clerk at Fasken LLP and Kassandra Douglas, Durham College Law Clerk Co-op Student at Fasken LLP At 18 years of age, you are allowed to vote in Canada, and chances are, you have had exposure to politics growing up. You likely…

Category: Estate Planning

The Secret Language of Estates, and Inflation

Considerations When Trustees are Involved in Transactions

ELDER ABUSE: A GROWING PROBLEM IN AN AGING POPULATION

Can a Power of Attorney for Property Change a Beneficiary Designation?

LEAVING A LEGACY FOR YOUR CHILDREN: SHIFTING PRIORITIES OVER TIME

Digital Assets: Spotlighting Client User Considerations (Part II)

What If… Black Panther Made a Will? – Lessons in Ensuring Your Common-Law Spouse Inherits if You Die Without a Will

Do I really need a Power of Attorney?

Eighteen (18) – Capacity to Make a Will, but will you?

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