Good for her. Outdated thinking needs to be challenged more often. Glad she won.Â
No_Caramel_2789 on
Even in death, Canada’s government won’t care what you think.
EvacuationRelocation on
A will is just that – a decision made by an individual as to how their assets are divided after their death. For a court to overrule that based on the idea that culture cannot have anything to do with this individual’s decision is to violate the very nature of the legal status of wills.
This decision, as presented in this article, is a poor one.
penelope5674 on
So if parents leave way more money to one kid over another is ok to sue now? Or only if you can find some sort of cultural bias?
Ok_Currency_617 on
Whether you agree or disagree with a judge being able to overturn wills they don’t like, remember that the more wills we don’t follow the less people who will use our will system. They’ll just put assets in offshore entities that do follow the law/legal contracts or give the inheritance before death. At least if they use our system it’s easier to tax it (some provinces have inheritance taxes and I’m sure it’s coming federally not to mention capital gains and property transfer taxes).
ThisGuy-NotThatGuy on
This isn’t the first time something like this has happened, and it continues to feel very icky to me.
Just don’t like the idea of messing with the dead and dying’s final wishes, even if it’s well intentioned.
RarelyReadReplies on
Damn, regardless of the parenting or ethics shown here by the dead, this is disgusting. It’s their money, and they should get to divvy it however they see fit.
kevin5lynn on
Take note: the government gets to decide how your assets are allocated to your heirs.
Adoggieandher2birds on
Crazy. The will was written for a reason and some idiot judge and greedy lawyer just rewrote everything.
This is going to be tied up in the courts for years
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TIL culture = bias
Good for her. Outdated thinking needs to be challenged more often. Glad she won.Â
Even in death, Canada’s government won’t care what you think.
A will is just that – a decision made by an individual as to how their assets are divided after their death. For a court to overrule that based on the idea that culture cannot have anything to do with this individual’s decision is to violate the very nature of the legal status of wills.
This decision, as presented in this article, is a poor one.
So if parents leave way more money to one kid over another is ok to sue now? Or only if you can find some sort of cultural bias?
Whether you agree or disagree with a judge being able to overturn wills they don’t like, remember that the more wills we don’t follow the less people who will use our will system. They’ll just put assets in offshore entities that do follow the law/legal contracts or give the inheritance before death. At least if they use our system it’s easier to tax it (some provinces have inheritance taxes and I’m sure it’s coming federally not to mention capital gains and property transfer taxes).
This isn’t the first time something like this has happened, and it continues to feel very icky to me.
Just don’t like the idea of messing with the dead and dying’s final wishes, even if it’s well intentioned.
Damn, regardless of the parenting or ethics shown here by the dead, this is disgusting. It’s their money, and they should get to divvy it however they see fit.
Take note: the government gets to decide how your assets are allocated to your heirs.
Crazy. The will was written for a reason and some idiot judge and greedy lawyer just rewrote everything.
This is going to be tied up in the courts for years