Estate Planning

My office can assist you in preparation of estate planning documents
including:-

• Drafting a Will.
• Drafting of Living Will
• Drafting a Power of Attorney
• Appointment of Trustee
• Estate Litigation.

If absence of a will and upon death your estate will be distributed amongst legal heirs in accordance with the scheme set out in the Ontario Succession Law Reform Act. For example your spouse will receive the first $200,000 as a preferential share and rest will be divided amongst your spouse and children, with the percentage depending upon the number of children. Where there are no children, your spouse will be entitled to your entire estate. When there are no spouse, no children, no parents, no immediate family and no next-of-kin, the estate becomes the
property of the Crown.

If a will is in place and subject to your spouse’s right to an “equalization payment” under the Ontario Family Law Act, your affairs and estate will be dealt according to your wishes. This will enable you to:

Designate your Estate Trustee (Executor)

• Grant of powers to your Estate Trustee in dealing with your estate.
• Implement a tax structured estate plan
• Administration of estate for the benefit of minor beneficiaries (children), including: who
  will act as trustee for minor beneficiaries
• How and who will received personal and household effects.

Please contact in confidence to manage your Estate planning needs.