So, what is the blog title referring to? Quite simply, if the stars align (or mis-align, as it were) your executor may not be the person you picked to do the job. How can this happen? What we’re talking about is the scenario of something happening to your executor while they are in the process of administering your estate. The job then becomes their executor’s! Confused yet? (more…)
April 8 – 14 is Make a Will Week in British Columbia. A 2014 report noted that only 55% of British Columbians had a will. I would venture that from what we’ve seen in our business, for those who have a will, a very large percentage of them are in desperate need of an update. We saw one will where a guardian was named for a child, who is now over 50; that means the will was written over 33 years ago, and we’re guessing a few things changed in those 33 years. If you need any help in understanding why you need a will, with a bit of insight, or if you just want to understand why we started with an Abe pic – Read On (more…)