Today is a statutory holiday in Ontario. I hope you find some time today to enjoy the holiday with your family.
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Stigmatized houses
Not long ago, Calgary experienced its worst mass murder ever when a student pulled out a knife at an end-of-school house party and killed five people. Recently, that house went up for sale. In Ontario, as in most of North America, there is no legal requirement for a...
Top 6
Here are some very useful tips to help your family when you are gone: Don’t keep your estate plan a secret. It’s far better if everyone knows what is going to happen ahead of time so that you can deal with questions or concerns now. Decide on what “descendant” means...
Back to school
Next Tuesday, students across most of Ontario will go back to school. Parents will be working to pull together all of the necessary back-to-school products. If you are having any trouble with the cost of back to school - which can be high - check out this link for...
Does it matter to you?
If it does, get it in writing. There are so many times that buyer clients call me after closing to let me know that the seller took something they thought was supposed to be left. Sometimes it is clear in the agreement; sometimes it is ambiguous, it was in the listing...
Death in the middle of divorce
I am currently assisting two clients with estate administration for their husbands, both of whom died very suddenly and without wills. The situations are opposite, and it comes down to a separation agreement. For my first client, she and her husband had been separated...
Have some fun in Barrie
There's a lot going on in Barrie this week! Movies by Moonlight presents Madagascar 3 tomorrow, August 19, at 7:30pm at the East Bayfield Community Centre (indoors at the green arena), with face painting, nerf wars and other fun activities starting at 5:30. There will...
Pick a day, any day
Fridays are very busy in real estate law offices, especially at the end of the month, and especially in the summer. The last Fridays in June, July, and August tend to be the busiest days of the year. If you are closing on one of those days, you will likely not get...
Stolen body parts
I recently came across this article about a woman in Philadelphia whose son’s body was not properly returned to her. Mary Anderson’s son died of complications from a lung infection, so she authorized an autopsy to determine exactly what he died of. When his body was...
Time for a checkup
I go to my dentist every nine months for a checkup. I see my doctor once a year, and my optometrist every two. Usually everything is fine, but it's good to have a checkup on a regular basis to be sure. Legal health checks are important, too. As Donald Rumsfeld, former...