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Different kinds of families

In Ontario, you only have the right to inherit from a parent if you are the biological child or have been legally adopted. Historically, stepchildren have been excluded unless they have been formally adopted. I don’t expect this to change any time soon here, but there...

Disinheritance

There has been a fair bit in the news lately about children challenging wills because they were partially or entirely disinherited. In some jurisdictions, particularly British Columbia, it is very difficult to entirely remove a child from a will because of moral...