Wise Law Blog: 140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 29, 2016

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Wise Law Blog: LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Friday August 26, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

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Ontario’s probate fees are $250 for the first $50,000 of an estate’s value and $15 for each additional $1,000. These fees are properly referred to as Estate Administration Taxes.

These taxes must be paid at the court when an Application is filed for the appointment of an Estate Trustee to administer an estate.

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Wise Law Blog: LawFact of the Day: Civil Litigation

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday August 25, 2016. Today we are talking about Civil Litigation.

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Ontario’s Small Claims Courts have jurisdiction to award damages of up to $25,000 in lawsuits brought before the Court. 

In 2012-13, almost 43% of all new civil proceedings in Ontario were commenced in the Province’s Small Claims Courts.

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Wise Law Blog: LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 23, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law.

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Where all matrimonial issues have been resolved at the one-year anniversary of a separation, an uncontested divorce can proceed by filing specified paperwork with the Court.

Where issues remain unresolved, a divorce judgement can still be issued, and remaining issues can then be continued in a “corollary relief proceeding.”

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Wise Law Blog: 140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 22, 2016

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