Tutorship and Curatorship: how to offer protection for incapacitated persons and takes their wishes and preferences into account.
Who Can Apply for the Homologation of a Protection Mandate in Quebec? When a loved one becomes incapable of making decisions because of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, mental illness, an accident,…
How to Get a Protection Mandate for My Parent? When an aging parent begins experiencing memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or another condition affecting their ability to make decisions, many…
Someone Is Draining My Mother's Bank Account—What Can I Do? Discovering that someone is draining your mother's bank account can be alarming and emotionally overwhelming. Whether the money is disappearing…
My Brother Is Taking Advantage of My Elderly Father. What Should I Do? When an elderly parent begins transferring money, changing a Will, signing powers of attorney, or relying heavily…
Protection Mandate Homologation, Defamation and a Social Worker Understanding the Role of a Social Worker During Protection Mandate Homologation In Québec, the homologation of a protection mandate is an important…
A lawyer and a neuro-divergent person A lawyer and a neurodivergent person In Québec, the legal framework recognizes the fundamental rights of all individuals, including those who are neurodivergent, through…
What happens if the mandator regains capacity? What happens if the mandator regains legal capacity? When a person who was previously declared incapable under Québec law regains sufficient mental capacity…
Protection mandate: What happens if the mandatary dies? Protection mandate: What happens if the mandatary dies? Under Québec law, a protection mandate (mandat de protection) allows a person (the mandator)…
Lawyer to protect vulnerable parents from scammers Lawyer to Protect Vulnerable Parents from Scammers in Quebec In recent years, an increasing number of elderly and vulnerable adults in Quebec have…
Marriage with an incapable person Marriage with an Incapable Person in Quebec Marriage in Québec, as in the rest of Canada, is governed primarily by federal law, under Parliament’s constitutional…