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4 lawyers whose firms cover wills and estates work in Brampton. Each lawyer was checked on their provincial law society's public directory before being listed — check again before you hire, as people move firms. Browsing Lawvoo is free.
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Heather Picken · Co-Managing Partner, Chair of the Real Estate Group · Wills & Estates · Brampton
43 Queen Street West, Brampton, ON L6Y 1L9
Chairs the firm's Real Estate Group. Her practice covers land development, subdivisions and condominium projects, zoning and land use planning, commercial property transactions and leasing, and advice to condominium corporations. The firm's real estate group also handles residential purchases and sales, and it has a wills, trusts and estates practice.
Ellen S. Pefhany · Partner · Wills & Estates · Brampton
24 Queen Street East, Suite 800, Brampton, ON L6V 1A3
Partner whose practice areas are commercial real estate and land development, and personal estate planning. She works on real estate, municipal planning, land development and corporate matters.
Eva Iacobelli · Partner, Family Law · Wills & Estates · Brampton
29 Queen Street East, Brampton, ON L6W 2A7
Family law partner who, according to her firm, has practised only family law in Brampton for more than 24 years, with courtroom experience in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Superior Court of Justice and on appeals. The firm also covers employment law, residential real estate, wills and estates, and personal injury.
Anita Perera · Founder & Lawyer · Wills & Estates · Brampton
2260 Bovaird Drive East, Unit 121, Brampton, ON L6R 0W3
Founder and principal lawyer of the firm, practising immigration law, real estate, family law, and wills and estates. She practised law in Sri Lanka before moving to Canada and was called to the Ontario bar in 2016. The firm's immigration work includes citizenship, permanent residence, sponsorships, work permits and refugee claims.
Making a will and powers of attorney, applying for probate, administering an estate, and estate disputes. In Ontario probate is a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee from the Superior Court of Justice, and Estate Administration Tax is charged on estates over $50,000.
Probate applications for people who lived in Brampton are made to the Superior Court of Justice at 7755 Hurontario Street, Brampton. In Ontario probate is called a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee, and you apply at the Superior Court of Justice for the county or district where the person lived.
Estate Administration Tax is $15 for every $1,000 (or part of $1,000) of the estate's value above $50,000. Nothing is charged on the first $50,000, so an estate worth $50,000 or less pays no tax. Legal fees are separate.
Ontario's Succession Law Reform Act sets out how the estate is shared. In general the people who can inherit are the married spouse and the closest next of kin; the Act and its regulation set the spouse's share and how the rest is divided with any children. A common-law spouse does not inherit under the Act, though they may have other claims. A lawyer can tell you who inherits in your situation.
Yes. If the estate is worth up to $150,000 you can apply for a Small Estate Certificate, which uses simpler forms than a full Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee.
To practise law in Ontario a lawyer must be licensed by the Law Society of Ontario, which also licenses paralegals. You can look up anyone in the Law Society's public Lawyer and Paralegal Directory, which shows their status and any discipline history. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in that directory before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Complaints about a lawyer go to the Law Society.
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