Thursday, November 20, 2008

Dependant Support Claims and Joint Insurance Policies

Section 72(1) of Ontario’s Succession Law Reform Act allows a court to deem various assets that may normally fall outside of a deceased’s estate, to be part of the estate for the purposes of satisfying a dependant support claim.

estatelaw.hullandhull.com/2007/03/articles/blog-posts-hull-on-estates/dependant-support-claims-and-joint-insurance-policies/