Alberta
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Anne Rupcich · Partner · Wills & Estates · Calgary
707 5 Street SW, Suite 500, Calgary, AB T2P 1V8
Partner in the firm's downtown office who now practises only family law — separation, parenting, support and property division — after starting in litigation. The firm also covers personal injury, employee rights, residential real estate, and wills, trusts and estates.
Jeffrey Kahane, K.C. · Founder; Real Estate, Wills & Estates Lawyer · Wills & Estates · Calgary
7309 Flint Road SE, Calgary, AB T2H 1G3
Founded Kahane Law Office in 2004 and practises real estate law and wills and estates; he has been appointed King's Counsel. The firm also covers family law, immigration, employment law for employees and employers, and personal injury.
Making a will, applying for probate, administering an estate, and estate disputes. In Alberta the Court of King's Bench issues grants of probate and administration, and the Wills and Succession Act sets out who inherits when there is no will.
Applications for a grant of probate — or, if there is no will, a grant of administration — go to the Court of King's Bench. In Calgary the Court of King's Bench sits at the Calgary Courts Centre, 601 5th Street SW.
The court fee depends on the net value of the property in Alberta: $35 for $10,000 or less, $135 up to $25,000, $275 up to $125,000, $400 up to $250,000 and $525 above $250,000. Legal fees are separate.
The Wills and Succession Act sets out how and to whom the property is transferred. What a spouse or adult interdependent partner receives depends on whether the person who died had children from another relationship. Someone must apply for a grant of administration to deal with the estate. See the Act or ask a lawyer for the shares that apply.
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