*Trigger Warning* Power of Attorney for Personal Care A Power of Attorney for Personal Care is a legal document that appoints an ‘Attorney’ and gives that Attorney the power to make decisions on your behalf related to your personal care, including your health, medical treatment, housing, meals, hygiene, etc. Your Power of Attorney for Personal […]
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Your Last Will & Testament (your “Will”) is an important legal document that sets out how your estate will be administered – meaning how the property you own will be divided after you pass away. It is important to have a Will in place to ensure that your property is dealt with appropriately and in […]
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Use the right tool for the right job in the right way! Agreeing with the principle is easy, deploying it is more complex. Before you can use the right tool, you must know it exists. “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” [1] If you are comfortable with a single […]
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Just when you thought that was it. After you have signed your estate planning documents, it is recommended that you let your Executor(s) know where your original Will can be found. While it is common for the original documentation to be held by your lawyer for safekeeping, that may not always be the case. Should […]
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What do Jimi Hendrix, Pablo Picasso, Prince, Howard Hughes and Michael Jackson all have in common? They all died without a valid will. But they weren’t unusual. An Angus Reid poll found that 51% of Canadians do not have a will, and 35% of respondents said they had one, but it was outdated. There are […]
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