Wills & Estate Planning
Estate planning is about more than protecting your assets. It ensures your wishes are understood and will be respected when you are no longer able to make decisions.
A Will is a powerful document that gives you control over who gets how much of your estate, and when. A Will names an executor and assists in giving immediate authority to someone to start managing your estate. You can also appoint a guardian for a minor child or set up a trust for a disabled family member, so they are best taken care of when you pass. It allows you to dictate how your estate is divided, whether it be to a family member, friend, or charity, and enables you to make your wishes clear.
Without a Will, the control and distribution of your estate will be determined by the Wills, Estates and Succession Act (WESA). The rules of intestate succession will be followed for distribution of your estate, and it will not consider friends, charity, or even blended family situations that fall outside of those rules.
Our Wills & Power of Attorney Team
At ZM our partners lead the way and consult on all cases to ensure competence and diligence. With decades of combined experience across various practice areas, our legal team brings expertise, dedication, and a proven track record of success to every case we handle
Kyle
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Why You Need an Estate Planning Lawyer
Our Abbotsford estate planning lawyers help you with any of these documents. If you don’t have these essential estate planning documents in place, you may face some serious obstacles when a serious medical event occurs, like:
Lack of control over your decisions, Court Involvement, Family Conflicts, Expensive legal fees
Take Control of Your Assets Before You Lose Control
Plan Ahead
If you ever lose the ability to make decisions about your money and health, you will want to have a document that names someone who can make those decisions for you. A Power of Attorney and a Representation Agreement are documents that allow you to choose who will look after you when you need help, instead of leaving it to fate – or worse, leaving your family unable to support you without court intervention when you need them most.
Power of Attorney
A Power of Attorney is an estate planning document that names someone you trust to act on your behalf in relation to your personal financial affairs, as well as business, legal, and property affairs. It can give you the comfort of knowing your affairs will be handled according to your wishes even when unexpected situations arise in the future.
Representation Agreement
A Representation Agreement is essential for making sure that your personal and health care choices are followed when you cannot express them yourself. By choosing someone you have confidence in, your views and wishes about medical interventions and end-of-life care are clearly stated and honoured. It grants legal authority to someone to speak for you and what you want.
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