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- Lawen Estate: Nova Scotia Wills Variation Legislation Withstands Constitutional Challenge
Last week, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal upheld the constitutionality of the province’s wills variation legislation in the matter of Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Lawen Estate, 2021 NSCA 39 [Lawen]. In Lawen, the will-maker died leaving four adult children: three daughters and one son (“Michae … Read more »
- Mom, Mom, and Dad: Identifying Legal Parentage with more than Two Parents
In British Columbia Birth Registration No. 2018-XX-XX5815, 2021 BCSC 767, the BC Supreme Court considered whether a child conceived through sexual intercourse can have more than two legal parents. The petitioners, Olivia, Eliza and Bill, were three adults who had been living in a polyamorous relatio … Read more »
- Medical Assistance in Dying Bill Receives Royal Assent
On March 17, 2021, Bill C-7: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) (“Bill C-7”) received Royal Assent. For more background on the case law that prompted Bill C-7, see our previous blog post on the topic. The version of Bill C-7 that received Royal Assent amends the medical … Read more »
- Probating the Foreign Assets of a B.C. Resident
Given the interconnectedness of today’s world, it is not uncommon for B.C. residents to own assets located in several different jurisdictions. For example, a person might own a family home in B.C., a cabin in Ontario, and a bank account in Washington. When a B.C. resident dies holding assets in mult … Read more »
- Broader Access to Medical Assistance in Dying (“MAiD”) on the horizon
The federal government is drawing closer to amending provisions regarding medical assistance in dying (“MAiD”) to allow access to individuals whose deaths are not reasonably foreseeable, with Bill C-7 completing its First Reading at the Senate as of December 10, 2020. This blog post from September 2 … Read more »