Melissa Yates, a lawyer with Ward Keller, says there has been a 30 per cent increase in the number of testators changing their wills as COVID-19 continues to threaten life and property.

Most of the young testators leave their property to their parents in the wills. One such testator is Tang Yu (alias), a 26-year-old financial professional.

The rationale why the law prohibits “joint will” is because one of the joint testators might have influence over the other in disposing his/her estate. In other words, the law recognizes the ...

Testators writing a will should consider whether the executors they are naming are the right person or people. It can be a big job, but somebody has to do it. Jason Heath is a fee-only, advice-only ...

Wills are mutual when the testators (i.e., the persons making the Will) confer upon each other reciprocal benefits, either disposing of their property to each other or to a third person in a ...

Testators drafting a will often wish to leave an asset to one person but want someone else to use it. For example, they may wish to say in their will: "I leave the house to my two children in equal ...

This means B.C. testators can sign and store their wills electronically, as long as they can be read by a person and “are capable of being reproduced in a visible form.” Stephen Hsia, an estate ...

The website also urges testators and the people they have entrusted to make healthcare decisions for them when the time comes to sign paper copies of their living will.

Testamentary trusts, also known as mortis causa or will trusts, are highly effective estate planning tools and are the most commonly used trusts in South Africa. Setting up a testamentary trust ...

Assistance with Ontario’s Laws Estate lawyers can guide testators to clearly put in their wills what their wishes are, without violating any applicable laws of Ontario regarding wills and estates.