Trusts

ESTATE TRUSTEE: FREE RADICAL OR LOOSE CANNON?

Having known that the estate trustee authorized by the will is like a free radical (definition: a chemical ion free to do anything), it remains to...

ESTATE LITIGATION: Battle of the Wills

With the Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee already in the hands of the supporter, the proceedings to challenge a will cannot be commenced by filing...

Death Tax, Probate Tax, Estate Tax, Inheritance Tax, Wealth Tax and Final Income Taxes; which of these should we Canadians be concerned for?

Unlike some other countries in the world, Canada does not impose taxes on wealth or the value of an inheritance upon death; but in its place Canada...

ESTATE ADMINISTRATION: Why, and what is done once someone passes?

In law, an estate can be defined as the personal, real, tangible and intangible property of an individual along with things of value to which the person (now dead)...