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Many factors impact the determination of whether a transfer was a gift or created a resulting trust.
WESA allows courts to appoint a temporary administrator of an estate.
BCCA upholds ruling that legislature did not intend to allow previously expressed wishes to be relied on to refuse basic personal care necessary to preserve life.
Facebook provides posthumous account management options.
Court uses new WESA provision to proivde flexibility in relation to formal requirements of wills.
Recent case finds couple to be in a marriage-like relationship despite maintaining separate residences.
Recent case illustrates the challenges that can arise when more than one person is appointed.
Recent case outlines objective and subjective factors for determining whether couples are spouses.
Persons cannot benefit from their own crime, even through inheritance
Court finds deceased had valid and rational reasons for leaving her son only a small amount
Appellate courts not required to defer to trial judge except on oral testimony in wills variation cases
Detroying true copy does not revoke will when original known to be safe elsewhere.