This week on Hull on Estates, Ian Hull and Suzana Popovic-Montag discuss a recent consultation paper from the Law Commission of Ontario(LCO) titled: The Law as it Affects Older Adults. The LCO has initiated a project to develop a legal frameworkfor the law as it affects older persons and will be essential in addressing the needs and experiences of this group.

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This week on Hull on Estates, Rick Bickhram and David M. Smith discuss the complications that can arise when an incapable person is both the subject of a guardianship order and the beneficiary of a testamentary trust.

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This week on Hull on Estates, Paul Trudelle and Natalia Angelini discuss testamentary capacity issues as they arise in estate matters. Wills require the highest level of capacity and testators need to demonstrate that they are of a sound and disposing mind.

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This week on Hull on Estates, Christopher Graham and Paul Trudelle discuss the recent decision in the case of Piszczek v. Zurawska that demonstrates the application of a resulting trust of joint accounts.