While many use the end of year as a time to set goals and resolutions, it can also afford the perfect opportunity to wrap up loose ends. For some this may involve prepping for tax season, and others, reflecting on estate planning matters. Although Make a Will Month has passed, never is a bad time to make sure your will is up to date. Here’s a selection of current will drafting resources available through the Great Library:
- Lexis Practice Advisor – Wills, Trusts and Estates Ontario (contact refstaff@lso.ca with requests)
- features will drafting checklists, precedent wills and clauses, as well as practice notes contributed by leading estates practitioners
- features will drafting checklists, precedent wills and clauses, as well as practice notes contributed by leading estates practitioners
- O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms – Wills and Trusts (contact refstaff@lso.ca with requests)
- includes sample wills, clauses and brief commentary to provide context for these precedents
- includes sample wills, clauses and brief commentary to provide context for these precedents
- Law Society CPD papers from recent estates law programs (publicly and freely available on AccessCLE), such as:
- Estate Planning Precedents: A Solicitor’s Manual by Lindsay Ann Histrop (contact refstaff@lso.ca with requests)
- includes a wide variety of precedents covering all aspects of wills and estates
- includes a wide variety of precedents covering all aspects of wills and estates
- Drafting Wills in Canada: A Lawyer’s Practice Guide, 2nd ed. by Robyn Solnik, Mary-Alice Thompson, Brian Gillingham (contact refstaff@lso.ca with requests)
- guidance and best practices for drafting wills, powers of attorney and other estate planning documents
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