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WILLS
At a time where estate values have increased substantially - mostly because of skyrocketing home and gold prices - the necessity of Wills have only increased. With Wills you can distribute your funds, home(s), jewelry, and/or other items how you want. A Will will also help you ensure that your children, family, and/or loved ones avoid conflict and more so, avoid a long, expensive, and unnecessary Court fight.
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
Power’s of Attorney help those who do not have the desires to manage their own affairs. Typically, a mother and father, at later stages in life, will grant one or more of their children “powers of attorney” under just in case and/or better safe than sorry circumstances. This provides the parents some assurances that if they become unable to manage their affairs - for reasons such as a decline in physical or mental health - their children will be able to assist and will have the legal authority to do so (including access to bank accounts and real property).
PROBATE
Probate validates a Will and is the legal process of administering an estate of a deceased person including, but not limited to, paying off any debts, and distributing funds and/or property. Once a Will has been probated by the BC Supreme Court, its authenticity is legally verified. Probate protects the instructions of the deceased. Thereafter, we will estate with the administration of the estate.
REPRESENTATION AGREEMENTS
Representation Agreements allow someone (typically one’s spouse or child) — called your representative — to assist you or to act on your behalf for your health care needs.
COMMITTEESHIPS
Once an adult - often an elder parent - becomes mentally incapable of managing their own affairs and a Power of Attorney is not in place, a person may apply to become a committe; a committee is a person - often a child - who applies to the BC Supreme Court to make personal, medical, legal, or financial decisions for someone (e.g. an elder parent) in BC who is mentally incapable. The Patients Property Act of British Columbia (“the Act”) legislates how a committee is appointed and how the personal and financial affairs of the patient is managed.
Committeeship appointments require the Court to declare that patients are:
incapable of managing their affairs;
incapable of managing their selves; and/or
incapable of managing both their affairs and their selves.
Committee applications are complex and require substantial documentation to evidence one’s mental decline and their inabilities to manage their own affairs.
We are experienced and experts in this field. Applications can require anywhere from a few months to a fully year to prepare. As such, if you require a committeeship application, please contact us as soon as possible.
DISINHERITED DAUGHTERS.
In various cultures throughout BC, it is customary to leave a family’s entire estate (property, funds, etc.) to the will-maker’s sons thereby disinheriting one’s daughters. This occurs often in our Province yet the ‘problem’ is seldom discussed. Vic S. Maan is an active member of B.C.’s South Asian community and is seeking to bring this issue to the forefront! Learn more by clicking below:
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