It’s easy to create a plan to pass financial accounts directly to heirs before you die and avoid the probate process after death. All you have to do is complete a form from your financial institution ...

Before paying for complex avoidance strategies or leaving your family to navigate a mess, find out what probate looks like ...

One of the essential steps in the probate process is filing an inventory of all the assets that are part of the estate. This job is the responsibility of the executor, and it’s often no small feat. It ...

In past weeks this weekly column has written about why you want to own your real estate until you pass away and the potential downfalls if you give your real estate to your kids before your death.

About half of all states now let real estate owners transfer properties at death using beneficiary/transfer on death deeds. The deeds are less costly to draft than living trusts. They're also flexible ...

In Part 1 of our series, “When Life Changes: Navigating Real Estate After a Loss,” we explored what happens to real estate in Manitoba after a loved one passes — including how probate impacts the ...