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Professional Corporations: What Are They and Why Use Them?

Professional corporations are held and operated by one or more members of the same profession and allow professionals to provide their sp...

Ava Aslani

A Simple Will: There’s No Such Thing

It is one of the most common phrases estate planning lawyers hear from their clients: “I just need a simple will.” I understand the desir...

Ava Aslani

Where There's a Will: Strategies to Reduce Probate Fees

If you've been named as someone's executor in their will, you may have heard the term "probate" being tossed around. But what does probat...

Ava Aslani

Yup, the Taxman comes calling even after you're gone!

It was Benjamin Franklin who wrote in a 1789 letter that "in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Oh, ...

Ava Aslani

Can My Pets Be In My Will?

Sometimes, it’s our beloved pets that we have to worry about should we predecease them. Fifty percent of Canadians own a pet and, in 2013...

Ava Aslani

Planning for Incapacity

When most people think of estate planning, they think of getting a Will drawn up – which is a great start! But, even in the most basic, s...

Ava Aslani

Do You Have a Plan for Your Digital Assets When You Die?

If you were to die tomorrow, your family would likely go through your possessions in an effort to organize and distribute them to various...

Ava Aslani

Can Executors Charge a Fee?

If you have been named as an executor of someone’s estate (and decide to accept the appointment), you are entitled to be reimbursed for o...

Ava Aslani

Estate Planning – It’s Not Just for “The 1%”

When you hear the words "estate planning", you probably think of wealthy, grey-haired individuals who own a lakefront mansion, a couple o...

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Professional Corporations: What Are They and Why Use Them?

A Simple Will: There’s No Such Thing

Where There's a Will: Strategies to Reduce Probate Fees

Yup, the Taxman comes calling even after you're gone!

Can My Pets Be In My Will?

Planning for Incapacity

Do You Have a Plan for Your Digital Assets When You Die?

Can Executors Charge a Fee?

Estate Planning – It’s Not Just for “The 1%”

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