Fay will discuss with you the following details:

• Who should be appointed as the executor of your will
• Who should be appointed as a guardian of your children if they are under the age of 18 years
• Eligible beneficiaries under your will
• How to avoid a Family Provision Act claim being made on your estate by a family member or friend
• What happens to jointly owned property such as real estate or a jointly held bank account on death

Fay can discuss with you as an executor and trustee of a will some of the challenges you will need to work through to administer an estate that will include:

• How to deal with missing beneficiaries
• How to deal with the estate funds when a beneficiary has predeceased the testator
• How to prove the death of the testator
• How to establish a date of death of a testator
• How does the court deal with an informal will
• What if the will has disappeared altogether