Using WESA to cure deficiencies in a will
In Hadley Estate (Re), 2016 BCSC 765, the British Columbia Supreme Court was asked to use the discretion conferred by the Wills, Estates and Succession Act, S.B.C….
In Hadley Estate (Re), 2016 BCSC 765, the British Columbia Supreme Court was asked to use the discretion conferred by the Wills, Estates and Succession Act, S.B.C….
Issues of testamentary capacity and undue influence frequently arise when a new will is made under ostensibly suspicious circumstances: late in a testator’s life, while in the…
A recent legal challenge, in the British Columbia Supreme Court case of Becker v. Becker, 2016 BCSC 487, was brought to settle an elderly woman’s estate. This…
In Elder Estate v. Bradshaw, 2015 BCSC 1266, disinherited family members questioned the testamentary capacity of their elderly uncle who, while in the early stages of Alzheimer’s-related…
Can family members argue that an elderly relative with dementia lacked the mental capacity to change his will to make his younger female caregiver the only beneficiary?…
Thank you all for your hard work in making a difference to my life. I received my inheritance today and am going to head to the bank…
Can a parent make a gift of property to some adult children but not others? Is mere suspicion that the transfer is “out of character” sufficient to…
Your mother passes away and steps of settling the estate begin. You assumed that on her death you and your siblings would each get an equal share…
By Candace Cho, Onyx Law Group, with the assistance of Joty Sandhu, Articled Student When commencing an estate litigation action, Plaintiffs’ counsel must be careful to leverage…
The case for disinheriting an adult child In this case, the BC Court of Appeal considered a trial judge’s discretion in varying a will under s. 2(1)…
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