Until Death Do Us Part…and Beyond – Family Law Part 2
In part 1 of this blog series we began an examination of the decision in the recent Supreme Court of British Columbia case, Bouchard v. Bouchard, 2018 BCSC 1728. This case is an example of the intersection between Estate Law and Family Law and between the Wills Estates and Succession and Family Law Act. The applicant in this case was …Read more →
Beneficiaries Ability to Sue Estate – Part 2
A personal representative of an estate is obligated by a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of that estate. This fiduciary duty may sometimes come into conflict with the personal representative’s individual interests as a beneficiary of the estate. The BC Supreme Court dealt with such an issue in the case of Jang v. Jang, 2018 BCSC 1649, …Read more →
Becoming Administrator of an Estate
Estate litigation lawyers will always harp on the importance of having a will. When someone dies without a will, they are considered to have died intestate. In the situation of an intestacy, someone must apply to be the Administrator of the Estate of the Deceased. The Administrator’s role is similar to that of an Executor except that the Administrator provides …Read more →