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  • OC-62272-2
    Price range: $95.00 through $445.00
    Examine the various forms needed for different AGTA applications, and review examples of common applications. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person session on May 27, 2022, as part of our AGTA for Legal Support Staff program. Total running time is 1 hour, 52 minutes.
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  • OC-62243-01
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    This on-demand program reviews Family Maintenance and Support (“FMS”) claims. The presenter will provide an overview of the legislation and touch on various procedural issues involved in bringing or defending an FMS claim. Total running time is 49 minutes.
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  • 61932.14
    These authors offer a discussion on the costs decisions involved in recent estate litigation in Alberta, noting some interesting judicial commentary and trends.  A main theme is that, to avoid client costs liability, practitioners must pause at every turn to consider whether a client’s position continues to be reasonable. Attached are valuable scenarios relating to various applications under the Surrogate Rules and the Wills and Succession Act. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s 48th Annual Refresher: Wills & Estates in 2015.
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  • OC-62236
    Identify, unpack, and intervene in systemic racism within legal institutions and your own practice. Moving beyond a diversity and inclusion lens, this session encourages members of the legal community to develop an anti-racist framework. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a webinar on September 9, 2021. Total running time is 1 hour, 54 minutes. This on-demand program is complimentary.
  • 61934.02
    This author, from the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee, highlights the most significant changes to how Albertans will administer estates with the coming into force of the Estate Administration Act and the new Surrogate Rules. She provides a chart comparing the old and new legislative authorities governing specified court applications and also issues like the factors affecting priority, special grants, required notices and priorities affecting applications by spouses and adult interdependent partners. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s New Estate Administration Act program held in April, 2015.
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  • 62410.01
    This paper provides a broad overview of the who, what, when, where, and whys of AGTA accounting. It also discusses how to make an application for accounting in adult guardianship and trusteeship matters. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Practice Foundations: Adult Guardianships and Trusteeships program in Edmonton on May 28, 2024.
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  • 61932.03
    This two-paper set examines two different issues: when child support obligations become payable by a payor’s estate and the issue of when a potential payor can be said to have stood in the place of a parent in relation to a child. On the first issue, the author describes the leading authority, Burns v Burns, and examines the decisions that came after. On the second issue, he provides a short primer to be used to help lawyers in advising clients on what to consider when entering into a new relationship in which one of the parties is bringing children from a previous relationship. These papers are part of a collection presented at LESA’s 48th Annual Refresher: Wills & Estates in April, 2015.
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  • OC-62030-04
    Price range: $95.00 through $445.00
    In this presentation, Helen Ward discusses attacking wealth transfers on the basis of a lack of capacity. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program in March 2017.
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  • OC-62247-1
    Price range: $95.00 through $445.00
    Analyze your time and/or your staff’s time, and identify processes that can be standardized, thereby leading to more time to create quality documents, lasting clients, and perhaps making more money. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person session on April 29, 2022, as part of our Managing Wills and Estates Matters program. Total running time is 47 minutes.
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  • 62247.01
    Using the author’s experiences over the years, this paper considers best practices in an estate administration practice. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Managing Wills and Estates Matters program in Banff on April 29, 2022.
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  • OC-62247-2
    Price range: $95.00 through $445.00
    Consider best practices in an estate administration practice. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person session on April 29, 2022, as part of our Managing Wills and Estates Matters program. Total running time is 49 minutes.
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  • 62247.04
    This paper encourages readers to analyze their time and/or their staff’s time, and identify processes that can be standardized, thereby leading to more time to create quality documents, lasting clients, and perhaps making more money. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Managing Wills and Estates Matters program in Banff on April 29, 2022.
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