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 of your salary or career. What if you are an … Read More
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 accept or reject in precise clinical circumstances. This is … Read More
The Deceased has died several months ago, and you ask yourself how much does it take to settle an estate in Quebec? Be you a liquidator (executor), universal heir or an heir by particular title, you have to know: To … Read More
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 in Quebec doesn’t require probate. Handwritten (holograph) Wills and … Read More
The Public Curator (Denis Marsolais for the date) role is to ensure the welfare and protection of the patrimony of an incapable person. Normally, he oversees the administration of tutorship and curatorship. This organisation also helps curators and members of … Read More
When a person dies, 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 Quebec register. This is why will search has to … Read More
So, what is curatorship? Sadly, one day you could notice that your family member becomes incapable of taking care of himself with loss of autonomy associated with aging and physical disabilities. You mother can’t manage her house and her property. … Read More
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 words, somebody else has strongly and fraudulently affected his … Read More
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 to go on a long vacation and … Read More
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 and opens way for the claim of abusive procedure … Read More