When planning your estate, you should understand different trust options available, such as testamentary trusts and living trusts. A testamentary trust is created through a will and only becomes ...

Trusts are described in multiple ways, including: living or testamentary, revocable or irrevocable and grantor or non-grantor. These terms are not always mutually exclusive. A trust can be living, ...

Estate planning varies by individual. Wills are public, slow, and only control assets in your name, while revocable trusts ...

Q: My two sisters and I are in the process of doing some estate planning for my mother, who is 80 years old, has Alzheimer’s and doesn’t have long to live. We are trying to understand how a ...

Providing for the next generation is a key concern for many clients. Mark Gleeson takes a look at core testamentary trusts and child pensions. Estate planning is a critical part of holistic financial ...

The creator and signer of a Will is known as a testator. Testamentary capacity, therefore, is the ability of the testator to knowingly sign his or her Will. There are numerous ailments that may result ...

In Private Letter Ruling 201444003 (released Oct. 31, 2014), the Internal Revenue Service determined that a testamentary power of appointment (POA) didn’t constitute a general POA under Internal ...

I recently helped an executor administer an estate that poured over to an unfunded revocable trust. Although the decedent failed to use the trust to avoid probate, the trust made probate easy. The ...

Guardians are a type of fiduciary appointed for a minor child or individual determined incapacitated by the courts. When appointed by a Last Will and Testament (“Will”), they are commonly known as ...

Recent changes to legislation governing the taxation of testamentary trusts is likely to have dramatic implications for estate planning in Canada, particularly when the new rules kick in next year.