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 →
Using Case Conferences Effectively In Family Law
Judicial Case Conferences are mandatory steps in every family law proceeding filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. A judicial case conference is the first (and often only) opportunity for the parties to sit together in a room with their counsel and a judge or master and attempt to see if there are any issues that can be resolved …Read more →
Considering Cohabitation Agreements – Vancouver Family Law Lawyers
At the Kushner Law Group, we handle various types of estate litigation and family law litigation claims on a regular basis. In some ways, these two practice areas intersect as they often deal with disputes that can be grounded in family dynamics. One of the common threads throughout many of these cases is that much of the acrimony, and cost, …Read more →