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Raman De Souza · Family Lawyer · Wills & Estates · Kitchener-Waterloo
31 Union Street East, Waterloo, ON N2J 1B8
Practises only family law litigation, including parenting disputes, support claims, property division and complex financial issues, and has appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice, the Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The firm also covers employment law, residential real estate, wills and estates, and personal injury.
Jorden P. Gregory · Partner · Wills & Estates · Kitchener-Waterloo
101 Randall Drive, Unit A, Waterloo, ON N2V 1C5
Partner whose practice areas are wills, trusts and estates, real estate law and corporate and commercial work. He began his career at the firm in 2016 and returned after working as in-house counsel and at another Waterloo firm. The firm also covers family law, employment law 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 Kitchener or Waterloo are made to the Superior Court of Justice at the Waterloo Region Courthouse, 85 Frederick Street, Kitchener. 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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