When you sign a will, the will is intended after your death to govern the distribution of your estate in keeping with your wishes. A will is the direction to your executor about which people, organizations or causes you want to benefit.
Preparing a will is serious business. In British Columbia, if you do not have a will, your estate will be treated as an “intestacy” and its ...
It is common for someone writing a will to appoint as their executor a family member or friend. Sometimes this is done without understanding what it means to be an executor. Sometimes the ability and propriety of the proposed executor is not considered. Often, the relationship between the proposed executor and the will-maker changes after the will has been written. ...
“The law of succession is among the most archaic areas of private law, and British Columbia legislation dealing with various aspects of succession is highly fragmented, spread throughout a forest of statutes.”
Wills, Estates and Succession,
A Modern Legal Framework,
B.C. Law Institute, 2006
Those words were written nearly a decade ago and described, in brief, the ...
Despite the advice of professionals to the contrary, families often fail to discuss estate matters with each other. Parents may not even say they have a will, let alone discuss its contents or location. This may leave the surviving family trying to figure out the affairs of their deceased parent without knowing where to start. The most important information is probably in the ...
Despite the intentions of a testator and the best drafting skills of their lawyer, there are often occasions when there is an ambiguity or apparent error in the resulting will. These can be anything from small typographical mistakes through to directly conflicting descriptions of a testator’s assets, beneficiaries or wishes. The difficulty for an executor is trying to ...
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