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• Accessing Bank Accounts of the Deceased
• Accessing the Canada Pension Plan
• Alternate Estate Trustees and Beneficiaries
• Assuming Rental Items in a House Purchase
• Automatic Revocation of Will
• Basecamp for Project Management
• Beneficiary Rights …
• Buyer Fails to Close on Real Estate Purchase
• Cloud Based Storage using DropBox
• Corporate Executor – When to Use One
• CPP Death Benefit is Taxable
• Disinheriting a child
• Estate Administration – Are Joint Accounts Part of the Estate Assets?
• Estate Administration – Estate Accounts
• Estate Administration – Child’s Survivor Benefit
• Estate Administration – CPP Survivor’s Pension
• Estate Administration – Collection of Probate Tax
• Estate Administration – Estate Investments
• Estate Administration – Executor Authority and Responsibility
• Estate Administration – How can I pay for Funeral Expenses?
• Estate Administration – How can I pay Probate Tax?
• Estate Administration – Lost Will?
• Estate Administration – Inheritance and ODSP
• Estate Administration – Outstanding Claims Against the Estate
• Estate Administration – POA Investment Responsibilities
• Estate Administration – Probate Application
• Estate Administration – What to do about the deceased’s vehicles
• Estate Administration – What to do when there are more debts than assets
• Estate Administration – What to do with the deceased’s cards
• Estate Administration – Unvesting of Real Estate
• Estate Administration – Vesting of Real Estate
• Estate Assets …
• Estate Litigation and Limitation Periods
• Estate Planning – Bequeathing a Farm in your Will
• Estate Planning – Charitable Giving
• Estate Planning – Family Meetings
• Estate Planning – Farm Land and Capital Gains
• Estate Planning – Formal Execution of a Will
• Estate Planning – Guardians for Your Children
• Estate Planning – Impact on ODSP and Assets
• Estate Planning – Impact on ODSP and Income
• Estate Planning – Incorporating Your Business
• Estate Planning – Joint Assets with Children
• Estate Planning – Last Will Predates 1978
• Estate Planning – Life Insured Mortgages
• Estate Planning – Non-Continuing Power of Attorney
• Estate Planning – Power of Attorney with only one witness
• Estate Planning – Separation
• Estate Planning – Separation and Spousal Inheritance
• Estate Planning – Succession Planning for Family Businesses
• Estate Planning – Trusts
• Forcing an Executor to Account
• Getting “Out” of a Real Estate Deal
• HST is Applicable on the Real Estate Commission
• Holograph Will – Writing your own Will
• Incorporating Your Business
• Independent Legal Advice with Real Estate Deals
• Inheritance Distribution Age
• Joint Bank Accounts and the Estate Assets
• Lawyers and their support team working remotely
• Legalese and its role in your Will
• Managing Real Estate Assets …
• Mediation in Estate Litigation
• Misuse of Powers of Attorney
• Mortgage Prepayment Penalty
• Mortgage Stress Test
• No Will, Spouse or Children
• Ontario Probate Tax
• Ontario Retail Sales Tax Clearance Certificates
• Options After the Death of a Spouse: Equalization
• Pre-arranged Funerals
• Pre-paying your Funeral
• Probate Application Service and Fee
• Probate Tax – What is it and How to calculate it
• Real Estate – Buyer Issues with Mortgage Financing
• Real Estate – Independent Legal Advice
• Real Estate – Rental Items and Home Purchase
• Regulations for Residential Fuel Oil Tanks
• Selling and Buying a House on the same day
• Selling your own house yourself
• Specific Gifts in a Will
• Spousal Trust in a Will
• Statutory Guardian – Security Bond
• The Importance of Power of Attorney for Property …
• Using a Power of Attorney to Close a Real Estate Transaction
• Water Potability Certificate