OBA Trusts and Estates Law PROGRAM | Original Program Date: April 30, 2021

With a small estates probate process now available (effective April 1) and Bill 245 (which received Royal Assent on April 19) ushering in additional significant changes to estates law, ensure you are up to speed on these recent legislative and regulatory reforms, and what they mean for your practice. Our expert faculty, as members of the OBA’s working group on estates advocacy, have been tracking and engaged with the Attorney General’s office on these reforms over the past year, and will unravel what you need to know about::

• Remote witnessing of wills and powers of attorney – what’s new, and what stays the same?
• Repealing the revocation of wills on marriage
• When are bequests, appointments and entitlements on intestacy revoked for separated spouses?
• The Court’s new authority to validate improperly prepared wills
• Navigating the new small estates probate process

PROGRAM CHAIR

Andrea Hill, Turkstra Mazza Associates

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

Ed Esposto, Aird & Berlis LLP
Pia Hundal, Miller Thomson LLP
Hilary Laidlaw, Barrister & Solicitor, C.S. TEP
Ray Leclair, LawPro