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Ed Canning · Partner, Employment Law · Wills & Estates · Hamilton
1 King Street West, 10th Floor, Hamilton, ON L8P 1A4
Has practised employment law in Hamilton for over three decades, acting for employers and employees on wrongful dismissal, employment contracts, employment standards and human rights matters. He wrote an employment law column in the Hamilton Spectator for 30 years. The firm also covers family law, real estate, wills and estates, and personal injury.
Paul A. Ramacieri · Partner, Immigration · Wills & Estates · Hamilton
1 Hunter Street East, Suite 200, Hamilton, ON L8N 3W1
Partner who practises only Canadian and United States immigration law, advising individuals and companies on work permits, visas, permanent residence and citizenship. He is also admitted to practise in New York. The firm also covers employment law, real estate, and wills, trusts and estate planning.
Erin Guyitt · Partner, Real Estate · Wills & Estates · Hamilton
1 James Street South, 14th Floor, Hamilton, ON L8P 4R5
Real estate partner whose practice covers residential real estate, commercial and development real estate, and banking and secured transactions, including subdivision and condominium projects in Hamilton and the Greater Toronto Area. The firm also covers family law, employment law, wills and estates, and personal injury.
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 Hamilton are made to the Superior Court of Justice in Hamilton. 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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