by Tim | May 17, 2024 | Elder, Estates, Last Will and Testament, Legal Information, Seniors
Articling Student, Sarah Fanjoy, and I attended the Nursing Homes Without Walls event on Wednesday May 15, 2024 organized by the River View Manor Nursing Home. We received many great questions on Wills and Estates planning. We will share some of those questions with...
by Tim | Sep 1, 2020 | Elder, Estates, Last Will and Testament, Seniors, Uncategorized
1. Introduction People often make Powers of Attorney to deal with financial (property) and healthcare decisions in the event they become incapacitated by reason of age, accident or other mental infirmity. However, it is surprising how many people do not...
by Tim | Nov 24, 2016 | Elder, Estates, Property, Seniors, Uncategorized
A Power of Attorney is a legal document by which one person grants another the right to act on his/her behalf after the donor no longer has the capacity to make decisions. A Power of Attorney can be a useful estate planning tool, especially as we begin to age and...
by Tim | Feb 20, 2015 | Estates, Uncategorized
(why you should choose your Power of Attorney wisely) Rise in Power of Attorney Theft There has been a rise in the financial abuse of the elderly in recent years. Here are some recent articles from the Toronto Star and McLean’s. In mid-September, 2014, a Belleville,...
