The New Land Title Fees in Alberta and Mortgages Attention All Mortgage Specialists: New Alberta Land Title Fees Make Some Mortgages Costly! New land title fees are months way in Alberta. With the most recent provincial budget the Alberta government has implemented new land title fees for the land title system. Because the [...]
Caution: Careful how you advise clients about the Land Title fee increases in Alberta Attention All Realtors: Be Cautious When Advising Clients To Avoid Land Title Fee Increases The Alberta Land Title Fee Increases are around the corner. Starting July 1st, 2015, all the Alberta Land Title fees will be increasing. Everything [...]
Wacky Vampire Lawsuits The Weird & Wacky Lawsuits Edition 2 Thankfully Calgary, Alberta does not see cases like this (often). Our second segment of wacky lawsuits involves a darker side of life: Vampires. There are many lawsuits and court cases that involve lawyers and self represented people make a variety of claims. [...]
The Risks of DIY Wills in Alberta Saving Money on Cheap, DIY Wills Can Be Expensive There are many rules about will validity in Alberta. Today, there are quite a few do it yourself or DIY will sites and software out there that promise to make it fast and easy to put together [...]
Wacky Lawsuits: Chunky Vs. Smooth You asked. We Listened. People wanted a series of the funnier side of the law. Fortunately, most of our Wacky Lawsuit Wednesday comes from south of the boarder but Canadians have their moments too. The Weird & Wacky Lawsuits Edition 1 This is the first of our segments [...]
BEWARE: Risks of Joint Tenants to Avoid Probate Adding a Name to Land Title or Bank Accounts: Joint Tenants for Avoiding Probate Bank accounts and land can be both be owned as joint tenants or as tenants in common in Alberta. Joint tenants own the land equally. In Alberta, this means there is [...]
Codicils: Change Wills Knowing When To Change Your Will | Help In CalgaryMaking changes to your will may seem daunting. Yet people do not know when they they need to have their will changed. There are times where making changes to your will are required. Other will changes are a matter of personal choice. [...]
Fired or Laid Off? Child Support Payments May be Reduced Child Support Payments And The Loss Of Employment In these uncertain economic times, the risk of being laid-off (or fired, unemployed, or otherwise losing your job) is at the forefront of many people's minds. This stress is compounded by the uncertainty of [...]
Severance Packages 101: When Facing Job Cuts Protect Yourself with a Flat Rate Severance Package Review The employment law & severance package review legal group at Kahane Law Office in Calgary, Alberta has been receiving a high volume of calls from people who have lost their job to recent job cuts. When [...]
Be Cautious With Private Mortgage Investments Private Mortgage Lending Can Be Risky If Not Managed Well! Lending money on a private mortgage can be a great investment. Investors can control their risk and have certainty on their interest rate. It is important to remember, though, that you have to ensure that you do [...]