Wall-Armstrong & Green
375A Yonge St. L4N 4C9 Barrie, ON, Canada

Leaving money to children is complicated enough without adding in the need to protect your child's government medical benefits. If you have a child on ODSP, you need to speak to a lawyer to have your will properly drafted.

Check out this quarter's newsletter for posts on buying condos, adverse possession, what happens to your will on marriage, separation, and divorce, and leaving unequal amounts to your children in your will. - https://mailchi.mp//wall-armstrong-green-fall-2020-newslet

Wall-Armstrong & Green is committed to ensuring the health and safety of our staff, clients, and the community where we live and work in as COVID-19 escalates its impact on businesses, families and communities across the globe. In addition to taking prudent steps to ensure a safe environment for our employees, clients and guests, we have implemented procedures so that we can continue to service our clients effectively and efficiently. Our office remains open and able to conti...nue to serve your legal needs during this time. We will be increasing our reliance on virtual meetings and teleconferences as much as possible, to minimize the need for face-to-face meetings during the period where our government has wisely recommended we limit contact. Like many organizations, we are closely monitoring personal travel and self-quarantine guidelines. Should circumstances require a temporary closure of our office premises, our professionals will endeavour to be as accessible as possible to continue to deliver service to our clients. At this time, we are implementing the following procedures to minimize the spread of COVID-19: All initial appointments for estate planning, estate administration, and incorporations will be done by teleconference or videoconference. Unless urgent because of illness or other medical emergency, or a financial emergency that cannot be delayed, all signing appointments for wills, probates, and incorporations will be postponed until at least the middle of April. If you are able to extend your real estate matter, for example on a refinance, we ask that you attempt to do so. If you have travelled outside of Canada, have been in close contact with someone who has been outside of Canada, or believe you may have been exposed to COVID-19, and still require an in-person meeting, we ask that you notify us immediately. We have staff who are at elevated risk if they contract this virus and we will need to take elevated protective measures for their safety. If your matter cannot be delayed, we remain open to serve you. Please reach out to our staff and lawyers if you have any questions about upcoming appointments. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] or contact any of our professionals directly. Thank you. Deborah Wall-Armstrong and Cesia Green

Check out this quarter's newsletter for posts on digital assets, blended families, helping a child buy a home and when to sign your documents. Wall-Armstrong & Green Summer 2020 Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp//wall-armstrong-green-summer-2020-newsl

Wall-Armstrong & Green has been nominated! - https://mailchi.mp//wall-armstrong-green-has-been-nominated

It's going to be a boy! Our clerk Brittany did a physically distanced reveal for our office today. We're excited to welcome a new member of the Wall-Armstrong & Green family this fall.

Cesia Green will be participating in a live webinar through the Barrie Public Library next week on Common Law: Myths and Facts. If you are interested in joining, click below to sign up. It's free, but space is limited. http://barrielibrary.libnet.info/event/4319216

What a difference a few months, or even a few weeks, can make. As we all work through the challenges of COVID-19 in health, in employment, in finances, in family we hope that you find some useful information in this quarter’s newsletter. - https://mailchi.mp//wall-armstrong-green-spring-2020-newsl

May the Fourth be with you! Hopefully associate lawyer Victoria Schut doesn't turn to the dark side.

When the founding partner's birthday happens during a pandemic, you find alternate means to celebrate. Happy birthday, Deborah! We can't wait to celebrate all together when we can do so again.

Today is National Advance Care Planning Day. Many people underestimate the importance of powers of attorney, but they are a critical piece of planning for your future care - especially now. If something happened to you, who would make decisions for you? It's not a decision you should leave to chance. You can check out http://www.advancecareplanning.ca/ for more information. If you want information on doing powers of attorney, contact our office any time.

We are very pleased to hear that, temporarily during this crisis, Ontario will be allowing wills to be witnessed virtually.

With all of the news flying around about the shutdown tomorrow, we want to let everyone know that we are, effectively, fully virtual at this point and so can complete active real estate closings. Between zoom and wire services, we can get it done if you have a contract that you can't extend. Please reach out to a member of our team if you have any questions - we're here to help and support our clients through this. We are also working through how to do estate planning virtual...ly. Instructions are the easy part; signing is not. We have been in touch with the Attorney General's office to see if they can implement temporary rules to allow us to witness wills remotely. In the meantime, we can work through instructions and go from there. After tomorrow our entire office will be working remotely. We may not be as fast to respond, but we are here for you. #estateplanning #realestate #wills #heretohelp

Click here to read our most recent newsletter with articles on disclosing a death in your home, hiding your purchase price, ensuring a former spouse does not inherit under your will, and ensuring a loved stepchild does inherit under your will. - https://mailchi.mp//wall-armstrong-green-winter-2020-newsl

It's the end of November, and the end of Make a Will month. Did you know that marriage automatically revokes a will in Ontario? If you have children, and you are legally married to someone other than their other parent, getting married may have accidentally disinherited your children. If you are in a blended family, you owe it to your loved ones to sit down with a lawyer who does estates work.

We often see clients who have children living outside of Canada. This can create additional complications, particularly if you want one of these children to be your executor. If you are in this situation, it is very important to have your will professionally drafted.

Most people forget about digital assets when it comes to their estate plan. If most of your family photos and music are digital, you may have to take extra steps - including specific wording in your will - to be sure that your family can access them, let alone own them, after you die. Be sure that your treasured family memories are protected by having a properly and professionally drafted will.

We take a moment today to remember all those who have served to make this country a just and democratic one.

Do you have a child who is neuroatypical, or has a disability? If so, you DEFINITELY need a will, and you need one drafted by a lawyer, so that they will not have their government funding affected by an inheritance. Be sure to see someone who specializes in will drafting and knows about Henson trusts.

November is Make a Will Month! Think you have a "simple" estate and don't need a formal will? What you think is simple may not be.

We've been talking for years about the need for wills, but also about the need for consideration of your digital assets. Here's a really interesting interview about the need to manage your "digital afterlife" with Sharon Hartung on TVO's The Agenda. https://www.tvo.org/video/internet-afterlife

Check out our latest newsletter for information on using gametes after death, keeping your will in a place it can be found, writs of execution, and severing a joint tenancy. - https://mailchi.mp//wall-armstrong-green-fall-2019-newslet

Check out this quarter's newsletter with posts about surveys, lake bed ownership, tax tips for executors and why you shouldn't leave your health care up to guesswork. https://mailchi.mp//wall-armstrong-green-summer-2019-newsl