There are many reasons to get help when probating an estate. Probate: Avoiding Problems, Liability & Frustration Probating an estate is the process in which a will is deemed accurate and valid. It is the step where a court looks at the will and grants an order that it is the last, [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Alberta Probate Legal Help What to Expect from Alberta Probate Lawyer Services Alberta probate lawyers know that probate cases of any size can be extremely difficult to handle on your own. Many people do not realize what a major commitment probating a will can be. Representatives of estates can find the support [...]
Legal Help That Can Save Time and Money: We Make Probate Easy Probate can be a very complicated matter for those who have to go through the process. First, it is important to have a good and simple understanding of what probate is and what it means. Of course, probate law can differ [...]
Getting Help With Estate Challenges Estate challenges when executors probate an estate can cause stress, a delay in probate and additional costs to the estate. When a loved one passes away, you may be appointed to be the executor or personal representative of their estate. This means that you must handle the [...]
What is Probate? Probate a will: If you have heard of probate, you have probably heard that it is a pain, that is it expensive, that it takes a long time, and that it is a complicated process. While some of those descriptions may be apt, they do not really tell you what [...]
Valid Will Scratched on Farm Tractor As lawyers we see many different ways that people "do it yourself" in terms of legal documents. This is a situation that you do not see too often. In 1948 a tractor fender with 16 words scratched into it was filed with the Surrogate Court in Saskatchewan. [...]
What would you do if you had the world's worst neighbor? What if your next-door condo owner was so abrasive in her or his interactions with other owners in the building, that all efforts toward civil accord were futile? What if this owner had a lengthy history of physical assaults on residents; of intimidating neighbors [...]