What is a will?

A will is a necessary legal document that specifies how your assets are distributed after your death. It's a subject matter that people often avoid until their later years, but it is an incredibly important document to plan for ahead of time, as it as it carries out your desired wishes for the distribution of your property if anything unexpected happens to you. Because it is a legally binding document, it helps to lessen any conflict between family members or close friends after a person passes away.

What happens if you don't create a will?

People have to guess where you want your money to go

No one will know who the official legal guardian of the children will be

Can create tension and discord between family members

Your assets could go to an unintended person, be given to the court to distribute or could end up going to the crown

When creating a will, you need to appoint someone to carry out your wishes. This designated person is an executor or estate trustee and most people appoint a family member, a lawyer or a financial advisor for this important role.

Will Lawyers can help you to create a will so that you can be prepared for unforeseen circumstances. For further legal advice and lawsuit settlements contact our Toronto litigation lawyers, insolvency lawyers, debt collection lawyers and mortgage lawyers.

At what age should you do a will?

Let’s first tell you what a will is: It is a necessary legal document that specifies how your assets are distributed after your passing. People often wrongly assume that they need to be married and have kids in order to write a will. WRONG. Once you are the legal age of majority, you should do it.

Why? Many reasons. One factor being that as soon as you have possessions like a car, furniture, and even photo albums, you have materials that other family or friends might cherish, so make it easy for people to decide what goes to whom by creating a will. Your loved ones will thank you for it.