by Charles Ticker | Mar 1, 2013 | dividing estate, estate law, estate litigation, testamentary capacity, will challenge
Sibling spats involving family and parents are not new. However, with the advent of email communications, those disputes, fuelled by the exchange of nasty e-mails, tend to grow totally out of proportion. Sometimes the ensuing litigation is so costly that it wipes out...
by Charles Ticker | Dec 7, 2012 | dividing estate, estate law, estate litigation, mediation, succession planning
A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal sets out the pitfalls of litigating estate disputes. This case involved a dispute between a brother and sister over their late parents’ farm. Gary and Louanne Mountain are the son and daughter of the late John “Jack”...
by Charles Ticker | Apr 27, 2012 | dividing estate, dividing family heirlooms, estate law, estate litigation
Some of the biggest sibling estate fights take place over the small stuff like the china and furniture or art. A lot of parents put a provision in their will that they want to divide the stuff equally among the children. What a mess that creates! What does equal mean?...
