FH&P Lawyers » Wills, Estates & Trusts http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog Articles, News & Information from FH&P Lawyers, Kelowna BC. Tue, 01 May 2012 18:58:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Registered Disability Savings Plans http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/registered-disability-savings-plans?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=registered-disability-savings-plans http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/registered-disability-savings-plans#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 18:58:03 +0000 Jim Herperger http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/?p=496 You are likely very familiar with the Registered Educational Savings Plans; it is unlikely that you are as familiar with a similar program for those with disabilities. Like the RESP, the RDSP allows a parent or others to put money…

]]> http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/registered-disability-savings-plans/feed 0 Residency of a Trust for Tax Purposes: the Supreme Court of Canada and the Fundy Settlement. http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/residency-of-a-trust-for-tax-purposes-the-supreme-court-of-canada-and-the-fundy-settlement?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=residency-of-a-trust-for-tax-purposes-the-supreme-court-of-canada-and-the-fundy-settlement http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/residency-of-a-trust-for-tax-purposes-the-supreme-court-of-canada-and-the-fundy-settlement#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:55:27 +0000 Jim Herperger http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/?p=478 The residency of a Trust; whether it be a trust in a Will or a stand alone Trust such as an Alter-Ego or Family Trust  is a key concept in Wills and Trusts law. A prudent solicitor will generally not…

]]> http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/residency-of-a-trust-for-tax-purposes-the-supreme-court-of-canada-and-the-fundy-settlement/feed 0 So You Dont Have a Will! http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/so-you-dont-have-a-will?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-you-dont-have-a-will http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/so-you-dont-have-a-will#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:31:33 +0000 Jim Herperger http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/?p=476 If you dont have a will , the Government has one for you.

This is the Statutory will of John J. Procrastinator

I , John J. Procrastinator,make this my will by not having one drafted by a  Lawyer

1. I…

]]> http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/so-you-dont-have-a-will/feed 0 Trust Planning for the Disabled http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/trust-planning-for-the-disabled?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trust-planning-for-the-disabled http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/wills-estates-trusts/trust-planning-for-the-disabled#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:45:25 +0000 Dylan Switzer http://www.fhplawyers.com/blog/?p=471 In British Columbia individuals with disabilities may, upon reaching 18 years of age, qualify for disability assistance from the provincial government. However, the disability assistance payments are means based; should the disabled individual have assets beyond certain thresholds the disability…

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