Estate Planning for Blended Families 2024


Course Date: May 30, 2024

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 37min
Total Ethics: 1h
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)
 
Nadia Myerthall — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Ingrid M. Tsui Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Amanda N. Winters Farris LLP, Vancouver
 
Agreements Between Spouses with Blended Families (9:10 – 10:00)
 
  • considerations when drafting agreements
  • how an agreement can help reduce future conflict with successor generations
  • developments in case law regarding agreements
Ian B. Hayward  Hayward Sheppard, Vancouver
Beatrice C. McCutcheon  Cook Roberts LLP, Victoria
 
BREAK (10:00 – 10:10)
 
Practice Management and Ethics (10:10 – 11:00)
 
  • representing blended families
  • who is your client
  • what are your obligations
  • conflicts
  • capacity issues, undue influence, and other red flags
  • possible meeting locations, including electronic signings
Zachary Murphy-Rogers Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (11:00 – 11:10)
 
Tax Issues Specific to Blended Families (11:10 – 12:15)
 
  • trust planning
  • divorce and separation
  • real property
  • inter vivos transfers
  • post-mortem planning
Alexander Demner — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver
 
LUNCH (12:15 – 12:55)
 
Incapacity Planning for Blended Families (12:55 – 1:45)
 
  • powers of attorney
  • representation agreements
  • committeeships
  • special considerations
Aubrie Girou Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (1:45 – 1:55)
 
Wills/Trusts/Inter Vivos Planning Issues (1:55 – 2:50)
 
  • which option to pick
  • alter ego/joint partner trust planning
  • joint tenancies and rights of survivorship
  • resulting trusts: a planning perspective
  • planning for a smooth administration
  • planning to avoid any estatepotential litigations and bad beneficiaries
Andrea E. Frisby Farris LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (2:50 – 3:00)
 
Wills/Trusts/Inter Vivos Litigation Issues (3:00 – 3:55)
 
  • Land (Spouse Protection) Act
  • attacking alter ego trusts/joint partner trusts
  • wills variation issues
  • resulting trusts: a litigation perspective
  • bad beneficiaries and rogue personal representatives
Kimberly A. Kuntz Scion Law LLP, Vancouver
 
Closing Remarks (3:55 – 4:00)
 
Ingrid M. Tsui Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Amanda N. Winters Farris LLP, Vancouver