Who will manage your Facebook? Part 2
There’s no denying the fame of Facebook. While the social media giant has developed user-friendly options for your personal page in the event of your death, there are also planning [...]
Who will manage your Facebook? Part 1
With 2.8 billion monthly active users, there is no denying that Facebook is the leading social media platform. If that number hasn’t blown you away, it also has 1.84 billion users visiting the [...]
What is the Estate Information Return?
A relatively new process in the world of estate administration, the Estate Information Return was originally implemented for Executors to file for estates where an application had not been [...]
The new court process for probate in Ontario
Effective October 6th 2020, a new process for applying for a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee (also known as probate) was released to the public. The link to this notice is here: [...]
To probate…… or not to probate? This is the real question
What exactly is probate? If you live in Ontario the term probate has been changed to “Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee” (I believe the government thought that this new [...]
What if I don’t want to be an Executor??
There are many ways and processes to apply for a job. In general, when applying for a job we have some previous experience or formal education for the position we are applying for. If you are [...]
What is the difference between a Power of Attorney (property) and an Executor?
This is a topic that comes up a lot, I will be at an event and the topic of what I do comes up and the next words I hear are….”oh, yeah I am my (insert family member relationship) [...]
I am an Executor….now what?!?!
When someone finds out that they have been named as an executor for a loved one’s estate, the first thing you may feel is very honored to be have been trusted to handle such an important [...]