Including divorce, separation agreements, cohabitation agreements & other common-law relationship matters, custody & other parenting matters, adoption
Including incorporations & other business structuring, shareholder agreements, annual returns
Including sales & purchase, mortgage & other financing, land development
Elder Law
Along with Canada’s aging population, this area of law is emerging as an approach that recognizes the connections among the legal, social and health needs of older persons and their families. It arises from the concern that older persons are at increasing risk of losing personal and financial autonomy because of physical or mental impairment, and from the fact that older persons and their families are more mobile and more diverse than ever before.
While most people do plan their estate to protect their assets in the event of early death, they don’t often anticipate the problems that can arise from the opposite — living a longer life and facing the possibility of disability. Care-giving within families frequently takes place over great distance and in a growing variety of home and community-based settings.
Elder Law focuses not on death and dying, but on ensuring that older persons can live as full a life as possible and are protected against adverse circumstances, paternalism, ageism, abuse, or exploitation.
At Martinson & Harder, those practicing in this field are:
Including preparation and/or review of offers, mortgage & other financing
Including incorporations & other business structuring, shareholder agreements, annual returns
Including review or preparation of contracts
Including sales & purchase, mortgage & other financing, land development
Including collections, builders’ liens, personal injury, contractual, landlord/tenant, insurance
Including preparation and/or review of offers, mortgage & other financing
Including preparation of Wills, Powers of Attorney & Personal Directives
Including sales & purchase of land, mortgage & other financing, land development
Including review or preparation of contracts
Including planning prior to a death and probate and all other matters relating to management of affairs following a death
Including collections, builders’ liens, contractual, commercial landlord/tenant, insurance
Including review or preparation of contracts for oil & gas access, grazing, farmland
Implementing various methods of protecting personal & business assets from creditors
Including matters of abuse & exploitation and maintenance of autonomy
Including purchase, sale or lease
Including management of company assets & liabilities within estate planning, but also involves transition planning for company duties & responsibilities
Including collections, contractual, landlord/tenant and any other operational disputes
Including all financial & personal care matters relating to dependent adults
Including proper employment & dismissal practices, contracting, labour code matters
Implementing various methods of protecting personal & farm assets from creditors
Including wrongful dismissal, other contractual matters, labour code issues
Including management of farm assets & liabilities within estate planning, but also involves transition planning for duties & responsibilities within the farm company
Implementing various methods of protecting personal assets from creditors
Official validation of documents
Official validation of documents
Including proper employment & dismissal practices, contracting, labour code matters
Official validation of documents