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Testamentary Capacity: Challenging a Will Made by a Person with Dementia

July 11, 2018 By Candace Cho

Issues of testamentary capacity frequently arise when a new will is made under ostensibly suspicious circumstances: late in a will-maker’s life, while in the throes of dementia,…

Undue Influence

Dementia, Undue Influence and Testamentary Capacity

May 31, 2016 By Candace Cho

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…

Lack of Capacity

Dementia and Mental Capacity to Leave Estate to Caregiver

May 30, 2016 By Candace Cho

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?…

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