tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post8567657634676705482..comments2024-03-28T12:41:21.857-07:00Comments on Estate Law Canada: Dower Act can change your plansLynne Butler, BA LLBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-67879981711266734522017-05-26T11:42:31.688-07:002017-05-26T11:42:31.688-07:00My brother and his wife had separated 5 months ago...My brother and his wife had separated 5 months ago due to his wife's mental illness and her not being healthy/stable enough to be around their children. They were still in love but definitely had their share of marital issues. His wife commited suicide and now her sister is claiming that she is next of kin because they were separated. The sister is now trying to make a case against my brotherAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662614197876975716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-877117588971292182016-05-14T16:36:03.341-07:002016-05-14T16:36:03.341-07:00Lynne, I got married oversea 4 years ago and came ...Lynne, I got married oversea 4 years ago and came to Ontario to live with my husband. This is our second marriage for the both of us, he has to teen kids (young lady living with her mom and 21 y/o soon living with us) I do have a 11 y/o boy living with us as well. We both signed a pre nuptial agreement before getting married which it stipulated that pass and future assets Will remain separate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-70783175687552627722012-05-28T21:38:20.520-07:002012-05-28T21:38:20.520-07:00Hi Lynne
My sister left her husband to get a divor...Hi Lynne<br />My sister left her husband to get a divorce about 17 years ago.During this time she signed a dower to their house(if I'm not mistaken). However,they did not divorce, they got back together and have been married an additional 17 years. Now on the verge of divorce again he wants her out of the house that he says is his because of this dower. Does she have any rights to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-11703126961277774132012-02-13T10:29:38.056-08:002012-02-13T10:29:38.056-08:00Hi Lynne, my husband and I (legally married) bough...Hi Lynne, my husband and I (legally married) bought a house while I was away from the country. My mother-in-law cosigned it because my husband's income alone wasnot enough for the mortgage (I don't have any income). So now the names on the titils are my husband and my mother-in-law. Now only my husband and I, not my mother-in-law, have been living on this property for quite a few years. Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00044017856587031020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-33795998820199110002011-03-09T22:13:58.896-08:002011-03-09T22:13:58.896-08:00Hi,
An affidavit - any affidavit - is a sworn docu...Hi,<br />An affidavit - any affidavit - is a sworn document containing evidence of some kind. In Dower situations, it generally contains information about the person's marital status and whether the spouse resided on a particular piece of property. A schedule sounds like an appendix or added information. Lots of different documents contain schedules, so it's hard for me to know what Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-90579247183412695182011-03-06T05:26:38.971-08:002011-03-06T05:26:38.971-08:00Hello Lynne. Re: Dower Act, can you advise me of ...Hello Lynne. Re: Dower Act, can you advise me of the difference of signing an affidavit and signing of a schedule. who signs which or are they both the same form? Lynne Marriott lynnem2004@hotmail.comLynne Marriottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-19218387847376134882010-12-12T08:22:50.064-08:002010-12-12T08:22:50.064-08:00Doing some estate planning and have come across a ...Doing some estate planning and have come across a snag. My wife and I married within the last year. We have lived in separate communities and each of young children. The plan was to live one week at the home she had before we were married so we can spend the week she has with her kids, and then the next week we spend at the home I have so we can spend that week with my kids.<br /><br />He Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-50502929757380022502010-05-20T11:17:22.345-07:002010-05-20T11:17:22.345-07:00Hi Dale,
Thanks for your question.
Ontario doesn...Hi Dale,<br /><br />Thanks for your question.<br /><br />Ontario doesn't have a Dower Act. But in Ontario, the spouse's preferential share under the Succession Law Reform Act is $200,000, whereas in Alberta it's only $40,000. <br /><br />The preferential share refers to the portion of a married person's estate that goes first to the spouse when the married person dies without a Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-59993549129821048782010-05-20T07:54:17.413-07:002010-05-20T07:54:17.413-07:00Does the Dower's Act apply in Ontario as well ...Does the Dower's Act apply in Ontario as well as in Alberta?Dalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-24337362955749203582010-03-01T08:55:02.424-08:002010-03-01T08:55:02.424-08:00Definitely. Here are a few to try:
Lexy Wong of t...Definitely. Here are a few to try:<br /><br />Lexy Wong of the firm of Bennett Jones LLP, 403-298-3079.<br /><br />Shelley Waite of the firm of McLeod & Co LLP, 403-278-9411.<br /><br />Jason Sweeney of the firm of Underwood Gilholme, 403-288-8855.<br /><br />Nancy Golding, QC, of the firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, 403-232-9485.<br /><br />All the best,<br />LynneLynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-82564539067327471372010-02-28T22:29:33.086-08:002010-02-28T22:29:33.086-08:00Can you recommend a good estate planning lawyer in...Can you recommend a good estate planning lawyer in Calgary? <br />Thanks.Cheryl Hansonnoreply@blogger.com