Personal Liability of Estate Trustees in Dependant Support Claims
Co-written by: Kim Gale and Palak Mahajan Personal Liability of Estate Trustees in Dependant Support Claims As a fiduciary for an estate, an estate trustee must comply with various legislation including the Succession Law Reform Act (SLRA) when disbursing estate assets and managing the estate. When dealing with a person who may be a dependant of the
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This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily (www.thelawyersdaily.ca), part of LexisNexis Canada Inc. By Kimberly Gale and Matt McEnery The test for testamentary capacity was established in Banks v. Goodfellow L.R., [1870] C.C.S. NO. 69, and has survived until the present day. While the case has endured as the benchmark of testamentary capacity,
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