Saskatchewan
3 lawyers whose firms cover wills and estates work in Saskatoon. 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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Tiffany M. Paulsen, K.C. · Family Lawyer, Mediator and Arbitrator · Wills & Estates · Saskatoon
105 21st Street East, Suite 600, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0B3
Practises family law and also works as a mediator, arbitrator and parenting co-ordinator. The firm also covers employment law for employees and employers, residential real estate, and wills and estates.
Amanda S.A. Doucette, TEP · Partner · Wills & Estates · Saskatoon
123 2nd Avenue South, Suite 500, Saskatoon, SK S7K 7E6
Partner practising tax, trust and estate law, including wills and estate planning and cross-border planning. The firm also covers family law, employment law for employees and employers, home purchases and sales, and personal injury and medical malpractice claims.
Kate L. Crisp · Partner · Wills & Estates · Saskatoon
211 19th Street East, Suite 500, Saskatoon, SK S7K 5R6
Partner in the Saskatoon office who practises only family law — division of family property, child and spousal support, parenting and divorce — through both negotiated agreements and court. The firm also prepares wills, powers of attorney and family trusts.
Making a will, applying for probate, administering an estate, and estate disputes. In Saskatchewan, wills and estates are handled by the Court of King's Bench, and The Intestate Succession Act, 2019 sets out who inherits when there is no will.
Wills and estates are handled by the Court of King's Bench; the application forms are filed with the court together with the fees. In Saskatoon the Court of King's Bench is at 520 Spadina Crescent East.
The probate fee is $7 on every $1,000 of value passing through the estate, plus a $200 filing fee. On an estate of $300,000 the probate fee is $2,100. Legal fees are separate.
The Intestate Succession Act, 2019 decides who inherits. If there is a spouse and all the children are also the spouse's children, the spouse inherits the whole estate. If the person who died had a child who is not the spouse's, the spouse receives the first $200,000 and then half of the rest if there is one child, or one third if there is more than one; the children share what is left. Someone must apply to the court to administer the estate.
To practise law in Saskatchewan a lawyer must be a member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan. You can look up any lawyer in the Law Society's public directory, which shows where they practise and has a discipline column; the Law Society also publishes its discipline decisions. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in that directory before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Concerns about a lawyer go to the Law Society.
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