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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
How bad is the issue with Will kits?
I mean I'm sure they don't even compare to getting it done correctly by a lawyer, but are there so many poorly done Will kits that they are creating a legal backlog?
Or is this to prevent the issue from becoming untenable?
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IIRC, up to 40% of probate applications are being made by unrepresented executors. That, combined with many poorly drafted will-kits, seems to have bogged down the Surrogate Court.
Lawyers make more cleaning up the mess, than they would preparing proper wills.
Lawyers in Alberta had a big concern that the new Act was going to allow ex-spouses to "double-dip" in the estate. I am trying to determine if those sections were revised, forcing the ex-spouse to make an election between the gift in the will and the matrimonial claim . . .
From Alberta Justice - "The concerns have been heard and before the matrimonial property provisions come into force, focused discussions with members of the bar will be held . . . to be completed by the summer of 2012".