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
Estates & Estate Planning
This area of law includes all matters relating to planning for distribution of your assets prior to your death and administration of those wishes following your death, including probate through the courts (to effect transfer of estate assets to beneficiaries) if that is deemed to be required.
Estate Planning is the process by which you arrange your personal and financial matters before your death, and it includes thorough consideration of how your assets are held and to whom you want them to go after you death. Ownership on your own, or jointly with your spouse, or even between you, your spouse and your children all have differing results under Alberta law. This is also true for bank accounts held in single or joint names, and any billing account information that is listed in your name only as opposed to jointly with your spouse.
Your careful thought on these, and a host of other questions, will ensure your family faces as few problems as possible at a difficult time in their lives.
Other matters that may be addressed include:
- Establishment & management of trusts for the protection and effective handling of estate assets
- Counselling on the estate implications of such things as common-law marriages, second marriages, or divorce
- Counselling both individual executors and corporate trustees in the administration of estates and trusts
- Representation of executors, beneficiaries and claimants in litigation regarding disputes from estate issues
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