In Canada, for the most part, there is little day-to-day difference between couples who are legally married and couples who are common law. You can get benefits at work, get a family membership at the gym, and generally live as if you are married. One significant...
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Where do you keep your estate plan?
Having a properly drafted will and powers of attorney is important. Making sure that your executor and/or beneficiaries know where they are? Almost equally important. Probably at least every other week, every lawyer who is a member of the Simcoe County Law Association...
Legal vs. common law
I get a lot of questions about what rights common law spouses have, including from other bloggers. I was recently approached by Peaceful Transition to do another post for them, this time on what a common law spouse can expect on the death of their partner. You can...
Do you want Prince Charles to inherit your estate?
Here’s a reason to have a will if you live in Cornwall: there, if you die without a will, your entire estate goes to the Prince of Wales. No joke: in the last six years, he has received over one million pounds from intestate estates. Get a will. Now.