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05/27/2023

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12/23/2022

Happy Holidays from all of us at The Estate House.

12/23/2022

Thinking about buying your first home? Check out our free seminar for first time home buyers, where you will learn important information about the home buying process from our lawyer Sherry Simons and other real estate professionals. Sign up for the in-person February 5th seminar here:

Take advantage of this FREE Home Buyers Seminar and learn from industry professionals. We will guide you through the home buying process!

10/21/2022

In the market to buy your first home? Check out this free seminar for first time home buyers, where you will learn important information about the home buying process from our lawyer Sherry Simons and other real estate professionals. Sign up for the November 6th seminar here:

Take advantage of this FREE Home Buyers Seminar and learn from industry professionals. We will guide you through the home buying process!

10/19/2022

In the market to buy your first home? Check out this free home buyers seminar, where you will hear from real estate professionals, including our lawyer Sherry Simons, important information about the home buying process. Sign up here:

08/13/2020

This issue was before the Alberta Courts in 2015 when it was decided beneficiary designations were (probably) not subject to the presumption of resulting trust. How long will it be before the issue is revisited?

Introduction The recent Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench case, Morrison Estate (Re), 2015 ABQB 769, considered whether the presumption of resulting trust

08/13/2020

Alberta’s justice minister Doug Schweitzer issued the order making this change

08/13/2020

This could make things interesting.

Calmusky v. Calmusky, 2020 ONSC 1506, is a 2020 decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that is ruffling some feathers among banks, financial advisors and estate planning lawyers in Ontario. In this case, the court applied the principles surrounding the presumption of resulting trust, esta...

04/09/2020

Virtual witnessing of wills would be helpful to Albertans if it were possible here. It isn’t...yet. We can only hope. In the meantime, our lawyers are here to serve.

Announcement by government provides another option for clients who don’t want to travel

05/10/2016

This video emphasizes how preparing a will can avoid a lot of headaches. As stated in the video, a surprising 65% of Canadians don’t have a will. Everyone sh...

05/06/2016

North Vancouver estate planning lawyer Jaime Ashby says once you have children, you should have a will to name a legal guardian and distribute your estate accordingly.

04/22/2016

I am a former member of the panel that considered applications for the Rose Margaret King Scholarships. I encourage students to apply for consideration for an award.

With the completed application form, applicants must provide a personal letter, two current reference letters, proof of attendance at an Edmonton or area school, a statement of marks for most recent studies, and proof of application or admittance to the school of choice (see Application for details)…