Choosing the Right Personal Representatives

Choosing the Right Personal Representatives

What are personal representatives? These are the people you nominate to undertake certain responsibilities when you die and if you become incapacitated.  We hope that there won’t have to be a guardian for our children or someone to make our financial decisions...
Grief: What To Say After A Loss

Grief: What To Say After A Loss

When death impacts your family, you’ll experience grief. As time goes on, we will encounter more and more people who are grieving.  It’s only natural that this occurs since all life has a natural expiry, and we all will die. But death and grief can make us...
Elder Financial Abuse: A Story of Powerlessness

Elder Financial Abuse: A Story of Powerlessness

Elder financial abuse does not have socio-economic boundaries and it can involve small or large amounts of money.  These are the varying factors, but what is often the same from case to case is that the perpetrator is usually known to the victim and the abuse can be...
Estate Planning Myths

Estate Planning Myths

Estate planning myths are common. Myths are often collectively held beliefs that have no basis in fact.  Estate planning, like many other areas if life, has it’s own collection of myths. Many popular estate planning myths are loosely based on the truth which is...
Inheritance Disputes On The Rise

Inheritance Disputes On The Rise

Unless you like your family to be in conflict, most people desire that there will not be any inheritance disputes over their estate when they die. Fighting over loved ones’ estates is on the rise, but there are measures you can take to avoid inheritance...