present unique challenges for those making Wills. Typically, will-makers provide outright gifts to beneficiaries except where the beneficiaries are under age in which case the

Whether you are being asked to pay child support or are seeking child support, it is important to know exactly what constitutes child support. Child

Were you expecting an inheritance under a loved one’s Will and found out after death that you were not a named beneficiary in the deceased

BEING MERE FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS does not mean someone will be liable to pay spousal support to a “friend”. Spousal supportA person can claim spousal

Can a written note authored by someone prior to committing suicide also serve as the person’s Last Will? This question was addressed in a recent Supreme Court decision in which the deceased’s handwritten suicide note was discovered in her vehicle after her body was found washed up on the banks o…

In a prior post, it was discussed what may arise from a decision to exclude your children from your Will and so today’s topic will cover: What may arise from your decision to exclude your spouse? Section 60 of the Wills Estates Succession Act (“WESA”) empowers a court to vary the terms of a Wi…