LETTERS OF VERIFICATION: JUST A FORMALITY OR RES JUDICATA?
Letters of Verification: What Are They For? Letters of verification certify that a will brought up to the Court is proven to be the only will made by the deceased…
CAN A LIQUIDATOR BE PAID FOR HIS WORK?
You are a liquidator for a succession and you want to know if you have your right for remuneration. Because you worked restlessly to settle the Estate, to the detriment…
ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
What is advance medical directives? Since January 1, 2016 every adult person (capable to consent to medical treatment) can also indicate in advance what medical services this person is willing to…
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO SETTLE AN ESTATE IN QUEBEC ?
Settle an Estate Quebec How long does it take to settle an estate in Quebec? The Deceased has died several months ago, and you ask yourself how much does it…
PROBATE A WILL IN QUEBEC
Do you know that in Quebec one should probate a will, except for the notarial wills? This probation by the courts procedure makes a non-notarial will official. A notarial will made…
The Will Search
When a person dies, a will search is one of the first things to do. It is important to find out whether or not the deceased had a will registered in the…
ANNUL A WILL FOR UNDUE INFLUENCE: EVIDENCE YOU NEED
Undue influence (captation), as you may know, is a reason to annul a Will. This means that the singing person was not really making a free and informed choice. In other…
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND A MANDATE: WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES ?
Power of attorney A power of attorney is a contract in which a person (mandator) authorizes another person (mandatary) to represent and perform certain act on his behalf. For example, you might want…
GOOD EVIDENCE TO CONTEST A WILL
Say, you want to contest a will and you need some proof. What are the good proofs? A bad argument is often worse than no argument, because it irritates a judge…
WHAT IS UNDUE INFLUENCE (CAPTATION) AND HOW HARD IT IS TO PROVE IT?
You are sure that the will “smells bad” and yet the testator was in his sound mind? Then the question is usually if the testator’s consent to change his Will was free…