Choosing an executor is one of the most important decisions you’ll make when you’re preparing your will. Choose someone who is willing and able to carry out the many required tasks. Your executor is responsible for protecting and administering your...
When you prepare your will, there is a whole new category of assets to consider: Digital Assets What is Digital Property? Please click here for a downloadable list.
Looking to get a head start or be prepared before meeting with your lawyer for your Last Will and Testament? Have a look at this Will Preparation Checklist to get you started. This document can also be downloaded on the Niagara Wills and Estates page of our website,...
Please see the attached Executors Checklist that can be used as a guide for the responsibilities and duties that are likely to fall on anyone acting as an executor.
Where a person dies without leaving a will, or the will is determined to be invalid, or ineffective, the person is said to have died “intestate.” Below is a breakdown in accordance with legislation in Ontario as to what happens to a person’s estate...
