5 October 2018 TAGS: Estates Five Pets that Inherited Big Money What happens to your pets after you die? It has become increasingly common for people to set up trusts for their furry friends to make sure they’re being well taken care of after their owners have passed on.
29 August 2018 TAGS: Discussion Your Top 3 Questions Answered In an effort to save you time, we've pulled the top three most-asked questions about NoticeConnect together to answer them for you here.
18 July 2018 TAGS: Discussion Three Reasons Why Alberta Needs Online Notices to Claimants NoticeConnect makes it easy and inexpensive for estate trustees to advertise for creditors by letting them post notices online rather than in print papers. Our court-approved platform is now the standard practice in Ontario. Can estate practitioners in Alberta use us too?.
27 June 2018 TAGS: Discussion Newspaper closures highlight the need for online notice Postmedia announced today that it is closing six newspapers in Ontario and Alberta and ending printing for another three. These closures are in addition to the dozens of papers closed
18 June 2018 TAGS: Case Law How long do surviving spouses have to choose between the FLA and SLRA regimes? In Aquilina v Aquilina (2018 ONSC 3607), S.F. Dunphy J. explains when it is appropriate to extend the statutory deadline by which a surviving spouse must elect between equalization under the Family Law Act vs the Succession Law Reform Act.
20 April 2018 TAGS: Company Updates "Estate Law 2.0" Event Recap Thank you to everyone who came out last night to Estate Law 2.0, our joint CPD event with Lexis Nexis Canada.