capacity law
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Modern Estate Planning and the Validity of Electronic Wills Deborah Jorgensen, capacity law, power of attorney, wills, estate planning, estates planning, Will and Trust Interpretations, Estate Trustees, Estate Litigation, Areta Lloyd & Lisbeth HollamanThe Ontario court’s decision in Gebremariam v. Menghesha, 2026 ONSC 545, clarifies the interaction between the Succession Law Reform Act […]
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The importance of limitation periods in estate litigation: Balancing Interests Years After the Fact Estate Law, capacity law, Estate Administration, Will and Trust Interpretations, Estate Litigation, Areta Lloyd, Lisbeth Hollaman & Deborah JorgensenTessaro v. Gora, 2025 ONSC 198: Balancing Interests Years After the Fact We have discussed the importance of limitation periods […]
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Cottage Considerations Areta Lloyd, Lisbeth Hollaman, Deborah Jorgensen, Estates Law, capacity law, wills, estate planning, Will and Trust Interpretations & Estate LitigationFor many families, a cottage property represents various things: a great investment in real estate that often appreciates in value, […]
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Part 3: The Trustee Act provides legislative authority for a Court to remove a trustee Estate Trustees, Child Support From An Estate, Areta Lloyd, Lisbeth Hollaman, Deborah Jorgensen, Estates Law, capacity law & Will and Trust InterpretationsThe matter involved a dispute primarily between two children of the deceased, Leonard La Calamita (who died in 2018): James […]
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Part 2: Principles of will interpretation capacity law, Will and Trust Interpretations, Estate Trustees, Estate Litigation, Areta Lloyd, Lisbeth Hollaman, Deborah Jorgensen & Estates LawAs we noted in our first post, in La Calamita v. La Calamita, three children, John, Nadine, and Diane La […]
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Part 1: Review the Court’s guidance on the content of affidavits and the Court’s discretion to strike portions of affidavits. Estate Law, capacity law, estate planning, Will and Trust Interpretations, Estate Trustees, Areta Lloyd, Lisbeth Hollaman & Deborah JorgensenLa Calamita v. La Calamita, 2024 ONSC 4219 (CanLII) This is the first of three posts on La Calamita v. […]