What is Probate?
Probate fees are the fees charged by provincial governments to probate your Will when settling your estate. Probating your Will is the process of having your Will authenticated and of confirming the appointment of your executor.
The Cost of Probate
Probate fees are highest in Ontario at $5 per thousand on the first $50,000 of [...]

One of the goals of estate planning is to transfer your assets to those you want to benefit with the least cost and delay. Another is to preserve your privacy. If these goals are important to you, then you should consider taking the necessary steps to avoid the probate process.

PROBATE - WHAT IS IT?
The word [...]

Thousands of people want to learn how to protect their assets from probate, and pass that wealth on to their children instead of the government. There are several perfectly legal and above board ways to do that.

“Letters probate” are simply a judicial certification of the validity of a Will, as well as judicial confirmation of [...]

The use of joint accounts, or JTWROS (Joint Tenancy With Rights Of Survivorship) is finding a place in Estate Planning strategies as an effective way of reducing probate taxes at time of death.

One of the major concerns of estate planning is the minimizing of taxes and, of all the taxes we are heir to, probate [...]

One of the reasons for probate is to prove the validity of the estate trustee to certain third parties in order to better facilitate an efficient distribution of estate assets in accordance with the wishes of the Will. However, the authority of the executor is not dependant upon the probate process, but derives from the [...]