Prince Edward Island
3 lawyers whose firms cover wills and estates work in Charlottetown. 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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D. Shannon Farrell, KC · Partner · Wills & Estates · Charlottetown
80 Grafton Street, Suite 200, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L9
Partner in the Charlottetown office with a focus on family law, administrative law and litigation, and training in mediation and collaborative practice. The firm also covers personal injury, employment law for employees and employers, home purchases and sales, and wills and estates.
Chera-Lee Gomez · Lawyer · Wills & Estates · Charlottetown
141 Kent Street, Suite 300, Charlottetown, PE C1A 1N3
Litigation lawyer in the Charlottetown office who specialises in immigration litigation, representing people affected by immigration decisions before the Federal Court, the Immigration Appeal Division and the Immigration Division. The firm's immigration work includes family sponsorship and refugee matters, and it also has an estates and trusts practice.
Paul W. Bender · Partner · Wills & Estates · Charlottetown
65 Water Street, Suite 400, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7K7
Partner since 2017 who practises personal injury law, acting for injured people in claims arising from motor vehicle collisions, falls, denied disability benefits and professional negligence. The firm also gives estate planning advice, including wills, trusts and powers of attorney.
Making a will, applying for probate, administering an estate, and estate disputes. In Prince Edward Island probate is handled by the Estates Section of the Supreme Court, and the Probate Act sets out who inherits when there is no will.
Applications go to the Estates Section of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, which sits at the Sir Louis Henry Davies Law Courts, 42 Water Street, Charlottetown.
Probate fees are set by a schedule to the Probate Act and depend on the value of the estate. Ask the Supreme Court's Estates Section or a lawyer for the fee on your estate. Legal fees are separate.
The Probate Act decides who inherits. If there is a spouse and no children, the spouse inherits the whole estate. If there is a spouse and one child, the spouse receives half; if there is more than one child, the spouse receives one third. The children share the rest.
To practise law in Prince Edward Island a lawyer must be a member of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island. You can look up practising lawyers in the Law Society's online lawyer directory to verify their status, and it publishes discipline case summaries. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in the directory before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Complaints about a lawyer go to the Law Society, in writing.
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