Estate law

Manitoba appeal court revives disclosure motion in will dispute

An agreed court order governed the litigation process, the court held, leaving a different judge to decide which relevant records must be produced.

N.L. appeal court orders new hearing on will's no-contest clause

The court said an unsuccessful executor-removal application did not, by itself, justify enforcing a clause that would cost a beneficiary her inheritance.

Lawyer's access to elderly client funds restricted after allegations of secret self-lending

Will found invalid following battle over testamentary capacity

Alberta Court of Appeal reverses order for land transfer in Scammell Family Trust dispute

Ontario court rules on sibling dispute over mother’s estate and forgery allegations

Successor trustee appointed over beneficiary’s conflict of interest objections following executor’s resignation

Court confirms validity of will, dismisses separated spouse’s incapacity claims

B.C. Appeal Court upholds brother's removal as executor in family estate battle over delays and hostility

Estate trustee jailed for failing to account for minor children’s inheritance

Son held mother’s house in trust, court denies his ownership claim

Judge defers six-figure costs claims in contentious family estate battle, citing prematurity

Brother can keep $700,000 from sister, calling it a gift

Ontario court cites ‘serious suspicions’ in forcing lawyer to release files in bitter estate battle

Executor who transferred estate property to himself loses appeal, removal upheld by BC court

Brother removed as executor after hostile texts and years of delay in grandmother's estate

Executor brother removed in contentious estate battle over self-dealing