Thursday, March 23, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: March 23, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Canada is raising the federal minimum wage to $16.65 next month. Here’s what that means for Ontario #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3TCyTLO
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Do children inherit parent's debt?


Most debt doesn’t transfer from a parent’s estate to a child. If the deceased did not have enough assets to pay off the debts, the creditors may require a sale of the assets of the estate to address the debt, but that’s it. 

There are some exceptions- like if a child jointly owned the debt, or acted as a guarantor, or if the deceased parent improperly offloaded assets to the child for less than market value to evade creditors. 

- Paul Adam, Toronto
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: March 22, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Via Rail apologizes after Muslim man told not to pray at Ottawa train station #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/40iTRSa

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is Probate?

When you name a person in your last will to be the Executor of your Estate, that person sometimes needs to also apply to the Court to be appointed formally as the legal representative of your Estate in order to deal with certain property that you own, potentially like a house or a bank account that solely in your name. The process of applying to Court to be appointed as the representative of your Estate is what we call Probate.

- Paul Adam, Toronto
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: March 21, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario woman faces over 30 charges in rental fraud investigation on Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3LE5mPW
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Monday, March 20, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: March 20, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: How Donald Trump Would Be Arrested #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3yPATqm
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Wise Law's Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of March 20, 2023



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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of March 20, 2023

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 20, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter:
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Friday, March 17, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: March 17, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ottawa says Human Rights Commission discriminated against its Black employees #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3mYxm6A
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 24, 2012


This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 24, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Developments in Access to Legal Information Online

https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/developments-in-access-to-legal.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Thursday, March 16, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: March 16, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Major General Dany Fortin, military officer acquitted of sexual assault, sues government, PM for $6M #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3JIbAwK
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Is a foreign Will valid in Ontario?


This can depend on the Will itself. Some factors to consider are: 

1. Does the Will intend to apply to property in Ontario? 
2. Can the words of the Will be interpreted conclusively? 
3. Does the Will deal with the property in a way that is legal in Ontario? 

If the Court is satisfied with the answers to all of these questions, and an executor has already been appointed outside Ontario, it may grant that executor the right to administer the deceased’s property in Ontario, too.

- Paul Adam, Toronto
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: March 15, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Access to the drug used for medication abortions could be cut off nationwide, depending on this hearing today #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3FsWF7k
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Providing for Guardianship of your Children in your Last Will


You can definitely name somebody in your last will to have custody and guardianship of your minor children in the event both of the parents pass away.

Now, the appointment you make in you last will is temporary. That person will eventually need to apply to the court to be appointed as a permanent guardian. But, when they make that application, the court will look very closely on who you named in your last will, and factor that in the decision about who should be the permanent guardian of your children.

- Paul Adam, Toronto
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