CONTENTS
VOLUME 1
Chapters
- Initial Advice for the Personal Representative
- Devolution of Assets on Death
- Pre-Application Matters in Estate Grants
- Proceedings Relating to Estate Grants
- Applications for Probate and Administration with Will Annexed
- Applications for Administration without Will Annexed
- Probate Fees
- Bringing a Foreign Grant into British Columbia
- Applications in the Course of Administration
- Transmission and Transfer of Assets in Estate Administration
- Liabilities in Estate Administration
- Taxation of the Deceased
- Taxation of Estates and Testamentary Trusts
- Special Tax Issues in Estate Administration
- Accounts in Estate Administration
- Remuneration of Personal Representatives and Trustees
- Remuneration of Lawyers in Estate Administration
- Proof in Solemn Form
- Wills Variation Claims
- Estates Under the Indian Act
- Conflict of Laws in Estate Administration
VOLUME 2
Forms and Precedents
Initial Advice for the Personal Representative
Pre-application Matters in Estate Grants
Proceedings Relating to Estate Grants
Applications for Estate Grants
Foreign Grants
Applications in the Course of Estate Administration
Transmission and Transfer of Assets in Estate Administration
Liabilities in Estate Administration
Taxation in Estate Administration
Accounts
Remuneration of lawyers in Estate Administration
Proof in Solemn Form
Wills Variation Claims
Legislation
Probate Fee Act
Supreme Court Civil Rules 21-6 and 25-1 to 25-16
Tables of Concordance for the WESA and the Current Probate Rules
Trustee Act
Wills, Estates and Succession Act
Wills, Estates and Succession Regulation
Checklists
Probate and Administration Interview [CL 1]
Probate and Administration Procedure [CL 2]
Case Table
Table of Statutes and Related Materials
Index
Features
- complete set of forms and precedents
- checklists
- regular updates
- tables of cases, statutes, and references
- comprehensive index
- convenient looseleaf format with tab indexing
- online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law
Editorial Board
Sandra L. Enticknap, QC — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Mary B. Hamilton — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver
Genevieve N. Taylor — Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers, Vancouver
Geoffrey W. White — Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation, Kelowna
Authors
Shelley A. Bentley — Shelley Bentley Law Corporation, Vancouver
Lauren A.E. Blake — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver
Stephanie J. Daniels — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Professor Elizabeth R. Edinger — Faculty of Law at Allard Hall, University of BC, Vancouver
Sandra L. Enticknap, QC — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Heather D. Fisher — Horne Coupar, Victoria
Andrea E. Frisby — Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers, Vancouver
Peter J. Glowacki — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Suzanne H. Grant — Horne Coupar, Victoria
Kay E. Gray, CGA, TEP — Grant Thornton LLP, Vancouver
M. Scott Kerwin — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Anna Laing — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Roger D. Lee — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver
Helen H. Low, QC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Andrew S. MacKay — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Sharon A. MacMillan — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
John R. Manning — Manning & Kirkhope, Nanaimo
Rose Shawlee — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Genevieve N. Taylor — Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers, Vancouver
Ingrid M. Tsui — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Richard T. Weiland — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Mark S. Weintraub, QC with contributions from Amy A. Mortimore, Richard T. Weiland, Rong (Lauren) Liang, Gordon Behan, and Areet S. Kaila — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Geoffrey W. White — Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation, Kelowna
Susan A. Willis — Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Vancouver