Finding information about an estate or a will in Ontario

There is no official register or repository of Wills in the Province of Ontario. Wills can be drafted by any lawyer and are often prepared (usually with errors) by non-lawyers, including the deceased. A lawyer is not obliged to keep the original, which may have been given to the testator, and then it may have

COMMENT TROUVER DES RENSEIGNEMENTS CONCERNANT UNE SUCCESSION OU D’UN TESTAMENT EN ONTARIO

Il n’existe aucun registre officiel ou service d’archives de testaments dans la province de l’Ontario. Les testaments peuvent être rédigés par un avocat et sont souvent préparés (comportant généralement des erreurs) par des non-juristes, y compris la personne décédée. Un avocat n’est pas tenu de garder l’original, lequel pourrait avoir été remis au testateur et

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