tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post5601607634154104403..comments2024-03-28T12:41:21.857-07:00Comments on Estate Law Canada: Who gets the estate if there is no will and no living relatives?Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-38220187870294210432018-06-29T23:42:36.819-07:002018-06-29T23:42:36.819-07:00No, you don't have the right just to keep your...No, you don't have the right just to keep your brother's share because you feel like it. Why on earth would you have that right? The law says your brother gets half because he is the son of the deceased. It doesn't say he only gets his legal share if he helps you, or if he was nice to your mom. If she didn't want him to have anything, she should have made a will.<br /><br />LynneLynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-12678907244155815022018-06-28T09:33:38.136-07:002018-06-28T09:33:38.136-07:00My mother just died and does not have a will. I ha...My mother just died and does not have a will. I have been dealing with everything as my brother wants nothing to do with it, but now I have family maintenance wanting his portion as he owes them money, do I have any rights to just keep it for myself. My mother and my brother have not spoken in years and he has not been helpful what so ever with her stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-19459981076254390202017-11-02T19:22:59.650-07:002017-11-02T19:22:59.650-07:00Yet another family who wants the money but not any...Yet another family who wants the money but not any responsibility.<br /><br />No, they don't have to send anything to next of kin. <br /><br />If you are named on the life insurance benefit, they should pay it to you without any need for an executor or trustee. When someone is directly named, it doesn't go through the estate and therefore no executor is needed. If you are absolutely Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-74162034966241412492017-11-02T17:17:54.578-07:002017-11-02T17:17:54.578-07:00my brother dies with no will, had no children or w...my brother dies with no will, had no children or wife .my brother and i were all he had. he had a company pension-worked 16 years til let go with one year paying serverance. there was no beneficiary on the pension but i was on the 10k life insurance benefit. The company wants me to set up as executor so they can discharge the money. He had thousands inn debt and they don't want to tell me theAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090748169499812268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-22043205274758625862017-08-13T10:53:50.499-07:002017-08-13T10:53:50.499-07:00I can't provide an answer to this because ther...I can't provide an answer to this because there are facts I don't have. The main missing fact is which province the deceased lived in. Some provinces don't recognize common law relationships at all, while others specifically state that common law relationships (same-sex or opposites-sex) are for inheritance purposes the same as legal marriages. <br /><br />Intestacy laws are Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-44184554797742884752017-08-12T23:26:41.790-07:002017-08-12T23:26:41.790-07:00when there is no will and only neices and nephews ...when there is no will and only neices and nephews left, in a same sex common law relationship, how are the assest divided?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-20242525022729195102016-07-03T23:25:17.224-07:002016-07-03T23:25:17.224-07:00Hi I replied in an email which may have been incor...Hi I replied in an email which may have been incorrect. <br />My brothers name is on the deed not sure if it's with hers or solely, I haven't any way of knowing. <br />My brother says its moms wishes he have everything - so im dumbfounded. <br />We did see statement of investments with both his and her name on as owners.<br />My younger sister was named as beneficiary of one of them, <br Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135346516810006028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-57493040737177719762016-06-23T13:08:08.126-07:002016-06-23T13:08:08.126-07:00I'm going to need more info. There are two con...I'm going to need more info. There are two contradictory terms in your question, and both are important. You said that your mother gave your brother "full share" and you also said "access". There is a huge difference legally because giving a share means giving ownership while giving access means your mother would retain ownership but allow your brother to access the Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-45621259243974979242016-06-23T09:57:59.925-07:002016-06-23T09:57:59.925-07:00My mom apparently died without a will in Alberta b...My mom apparently died without a will in Alberta but had previously given my brother full share and access to her assets (investments and condo and bank accounts). Do we sisters have any recourse to get a portion of assets?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135346516810006028noreply@blogger.com