You want to probate a mandate in case of incapacity (now called a “protection mandate“)? The mandator’s mental stalility is probably already changed, most probably. Likewise, same might be true about the personality itself. For instance, memory loss, aggressive behaviour, … Read More

Access to medical files to contest a Will is a serious question. A disinherited person often contests the Will for undue influence and incapacity of the deceased. In addition, a contesting person sometimes invokes blindness and deafness . Most importantly, … Read More

A formally correct Will can be still an invalid and vice versa. This is why the Court of Appeal did remind in Nazzari c Nazzari, 2016 QCCA 1334: improbation is not always necessary. Even if the Will is notarial and … Read More

You found a new Will in your favour. But the other heirs say it’s too late. So what is your time limit to contest a Will? Three years after is too late, says the Court in Dumoulin (Sucession), Re( 2003 … Read More