Newfoundland and Labrador
3 lawyers whose firms cover wills and estates work in St. John's. 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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Meghan Felt · Partner · Wills & Estates · St. John's
10 Fort William Place, 5th Floor, Baine Johnston Centre, St. John's, NL A1C 1K4
Immigration lawyer in the St. John's office whose clients range from individuals seeking visas, study permits, work permits and permanent residence to large companies hiring foreign workers. The firm's immigration work includes family sponsorship and refugee matters, and it also has an estates and trusts practice.
Barbara Oley · Partner · Wills & Estates · St. John's
55 Duckworth Street, St. John's, NL A1C 1E6
Partner and family law litigator who also represents clients in employment matters and in wills and estates. The firm also acts for people injured in car accidents, and for both employees and employers in wrongful dismissal and severance matters.
Kyle R. Rees · Partner · Wills & Estates · St. John's
323 Duckworth Street, St. John's, NL A1C 5X4
Partner whose practice focuses on personal injury, employment law and union-side labour law. The firm represents employees with workplace problems and people injured through someone else's negligence, and also handles real estate transactions, and wills and estates.
Making a will, applying for probate, administering an estate, and estate disputes. In Newfoundland and Labrador the Supreme Court appoints and supervises executors and administrators, and the Intestate Succession Act sets out who inherits when there is no will.
Applications go to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, which appoints and supervises executors and administrators. In St. John's the General Division is at 309 Duckworth Street.
The court fee for letters of probate or administration is $60 for an estate up to $1,000, plus $0.60 for each additional $100 — about $1,254 on a $200,000 estate. Legal fees are separate.
The Intestate Succession 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 Newfoundland and Labrador a lawyer must be a member of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador. Its online Lawyer Directory lists the lawyers practising in the province with their contact details, and the Law Society publishes its disciplinary decisions. 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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