Deadbeat

In Miller v. Miller, the Court considered the issue of a daughter’s fiduciary duty toward her mother.

The Honourable Justice Stinson was asked to determine whether a document handwritten by the deceased in 2001 was a valid holograph will and, if so, to what extent it had revoked the deceased’s earlier will that had been prepared in 1998 by a lawyer.

Decision-making for another person near the end of that person’s life presents some of the most difficult and challenging situations, the Rasouli case is one example.

In April 2010, the Ontario Bar Association substantially endorsed the adoption of the recommendations made some 20 years prior by the Ontario Law Reform Commission to modernize the bonding requirements set out in Ontario’s Estates Act.

Many lawyers enter the legal profession with the intention of helping others and contributing to pro bono endeavours.

In Moffet v. Irwin, the estate trustee brought an application for the interpretation of a provision in the Will of the late Alden Moffet.

The tax rules governing charitable donations can be surprisingly complicated.

Prior to June 19, 2014, a testator could make unlimited political contributions by way of testamentary disposition. After that, a person may only contribute up to a certain amount. If a Will contains a political contribution in excess of the allowed amount, that excess falls to residue (if the contribution by way of a bequest) or would pass by way of intestacy (if the contribution is a share of residue).