tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post950615615599806680..comments2024-03-24T04:54:52.124-07:00Comments on Estate Law Canada: Not as they intended: Estate plans gone wrongLynne Butler, BA LLBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-60528101172157747292016-12-19T12:42:03.369-08:002016-12-19T12:42:03.369-08:00That sounds like a really upsetting family situati...That sounds like a really upsetting family situation. They may be making a big deal about "honouring her wishes" but as far as the law is concerned, what is in writing contains her last wishes. I understand that perhaps she was going to change her will, but she never did, so the one that stands is the valid will. <br /><br />This family is out of control. My guess is that it was them, Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-27106896598861831382016-12-14T17:17:34.517-08:002016-12-14T17:17:34.517-08:00Hi there,
I have been enjoying going through your ...Hi there,<br />I have been enjoying going through your blog. I was hoping you are able to answer a question for me. If someone contests a will. Are all involved be notified? My MIL has passed away and she has a will that was done with a lawyer and signed in 2013 and we have been told that while she was in the hospital she contacted a notary to do up a new will but passed before signing. My Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-60169259133837123032016-12-06T18:08:32.609-08:002016-12-06T18:08:32.609-08:00Thank you for that super-fast reply, and for takin...Thank you for that super-fast reply, and for taking the time to consider my rather lengthy query.<br /><br />"Intestacy", hmmm, well that may be the wrong word, or maybe I don't see it the way I should, the way a legal mind does. :-) <br />What I meant was where there was no will after the person died, no document to hold up and refer to. <br /><br />I had wondered about this and Seymour Butznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-34468637294408391272016-12-06T15:33:42.132-08:002016-12-06T15:33:42.132-08:00In my view, there is no way one sibling can demand...In my view, there is no way one sibling can demand assets from another in these circumstances. These gifts were given by a parent who supposedly had full mental capacity given the care and planning that went into the division. There is absolutely no obligation on parents to give their kids equal or similar gifts during their lifetime. <br /><br />Your question isn't really about intestacy Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-76052981375587314562016-12-05T21:12:08.488-08:002016-12-05T21:12:08.488-08:00I know you deal with wills, but I am wondering abo...I know you deal with wills, but I am wondering about an intestacy. <br />PART 1:<br />The last surviving parent gives the assets away (fairly as thought possible) before death. <br />A - gets the family business because A had always helped run it. The business was turned over to A years earlier. <br />B - gets the money - bank acc, bonds, investments, etc (transferred & gifted over time, Seymour Butznoreply@blogger.com