Manitoba
2 lawyers whose firms cover wills and estates work in Winnipeg. 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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Richard M. Beamish · Partner · Wills & Estates · Winnipeg
330 St. Mary Avenue, Suite 1000, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3Z5
Civil litigator with experience in personal injury claims and commercial litigation, who also handles medical malpractice, disability insurance and estate litigation. The firm acts for plaintiffs in personal injury claims and also covers family law, employment law for employees and employers, residential real estate, and wills and estates.
Greg Bartel · Partner · Wills & Estates · Winnipeg
240 Graham Avenue, Suite 724, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0J7
Partner practising mainly labour and employment law. He helps people in unionized and non-unionized workplaces with termination of employment, including wrongful dismissal and severance package advice, employment contracts and human rights issues. The firm also covers residential real estate, and wills and estates.
Making a will, applying for probate, administering an estate, and estate disputes. In Manitoba probate is granted by the Court of King's Bench, and The Intestate Succession Act sets out who inherits when there is no will.
Probate is granted by the Court of King's Bench. Its Probate Division in Winnipeg is the central registry for all probate matters in Manitoba. The Court of King's Bench in Winnipeg is at the Law Courts Building, 408 York Avenue.
Manitoba eliminated its probate charges on 6 November 2020, so there is no longer a charge based on the value of the estate. Other court fees and legal fees still apply.
The Intestate Succession Act decides who inherits. If there is a spouse or common-law partner and no children — or all the children are also that partner's children — the partner inherits the whole estate. If the person who died had a child from another relationship, the partner receives $50,000 or half of the estate, whichever is greater, plus half of what is left; the children share the rest. For inheritance, a common-law partner is one who registered the relationship, or lived with the person for at least three years, or for at least one year if they have a child together.
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