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Practice 03
Wills, powers of attorney and estates.
Two meetings and a signing for most families. Flat-fee packages, written in language your executor will understand.
Own a company? Your will and your shareholder agreement should say the same thing about your shares. We check both.
Packages
Every package includes all three documents.
A will deals with your estate after death. An enduring power of attorney covers money and property if you can’t manage them. A health care directive says who decides about your care, and what you want.
| Package | For | Single | Couple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Will, enduring power of attorney, health care directive. Guardian for minor children named. | $650 | $1,050 |
| With a trust | Adds a trust that holds money for children until an age you choose, or a trust for a family member on disability benefits. | $1,200 | $1,650 |
| Business owner | Standard package plus a review of your shareholder agreement and share structure, and clauses for who runs the company if you can’t. | $1,150 | $1,600 |
| Powers of attorney only | Enduring power of attorney and health care directive, no will. | $350 | $550 |
Manitoba stopped charging probate fees in 2020. The “two wills” plan often used in Ontario to cut those fees rarely helps here, so we don’t sell it.
Making a will
How it goes.
- Before we meet
A short questionnaire
Family, what you own, and who you trust. Fifteen minutes; rough numbers are fine.
- Meeting 1 · 60 min
Decisions
Executor, guardians, who gets what, and when. We point out what people commonly forget, like RRSP and insurance beneficiaries.
- Within 10 working days
Drafts and a summary
Your documents, with a one-page summary in plain English. Change anything you like.
- Meeting 2 · 30 min
Signing
Two witnesses from our office. We keep the originals safe and give you signed copies.
When someone has died
Administering an estate, month by month.
Executors carry the legal duty and do a lot of the legwork. We tell you what to do next, handle the court and the paperwork, and keep beneficiaries informed.
| Service | Includes | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Probate application | Application for the grant, affidavits, inventory of the estate and filing. For estates with a will and no disputes. | from $2,500 |
| Full administration | Everything on the timeline above, start to finish. We send a written estimate after the first meeting.Most of the estates we handle land between $6,000 and $15,000 in legal fees. | hourly |
| Executor advice | A meeting to walk you through your duties if you plan to do most of it yourself. | $395 |
Contested estates
If someone is challenging the will or the executor, that is litigation, and we refer it to a firm that does it. We can still help the executor with everything else in the meantime.