Qualified Life Interests Don’t Cut It
Spouse Deserves More than a ‘Qualified Life Interest’ in the Estate Estate Planners, Morality, & BC Will Variation Case Law Estate planners can often be creative in their planning solutions depending on the instructions they receive from a will-maker (known as a testator). One option open to will-makers is to provide a life estate in a piece property which allows the beneficiary …Read more →
Estrangement & Wills Variation
Estrangement & Wills Variation in BC Law Separation, Abandonment, or Estrangement & the Testator’s Moral Duty The Wills Estates and Succession Act (“WESA”) provides children of a deceased person with a legal right to sue on their estate and vary a will. One of the circumstances where this situation arises is when an adult child has been estranged from the parent and thus the parent …Read more →
Why File A Certificate of Pending Litigation
Certificates of Pending Litigation in BC Filing a Certificate of Lis Pendens in BC After either or a sudden or expected death, surviving beneficiaries often move quickly to try to deal with the estate of the recently deceased. Often, this involves the sale of real property which the Deceased owned. What is a Certificate of Pending Litigation (“CPL”)? Certificates of Pending Litigation …Read more →