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Craig Ross · Partner, Head of Wills, Estates & Trusts · Wills & Estates · Mississauga
77 City Centre Drive, West Tower, Suite 300, Mississauga, ON L5B 1M5
Heads the firm's Wills, Estates and Trusts group. His work covers estate planning, estate administration and estate litigation, guardianship and capacity matters, powers of attorney, family business succession and trusts for beneficiaries with disabilities. The firm also has an employment and labour practice.
Emily Banks · Partner, Family Law Group · Wills & Estates · Mississauga
3 Robert Speck Parkway, Suite 900, Mississauga, ON L4Z 2G5
Has practised mainly family law in Peel since her call to the bar in 2016, acting in negotiations, mediation, arbitration and court on separation, parenting and child protection matters. The firm also covers employment law, real estate, and wills and estate planning.
Veena C. Gupta · Senior Immigration Lawyer · Wills & Estates · Mississauga
5770 Hurontario Street, Suite 901, Mississauga, ON L5R 3G5
Senior immigration lawyer who joined the firm in 2018. She acts for individuals and companies on permanent residence, work and study permits, immigration appeals, Federal Court reviews and refugee protection matters. The firm's head office is in Mississauga and it also covers family law, real estate, 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 Mississauga are made to the Superior Court of Justice for Peel, 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.
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