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Let me start this article by saying that we believe everybody should have a Will. I have a Will, I...
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Must my Will go through probate? To understand whether or not your Will needs to go through the...
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We get this question a lot. “Once I have prepared my Last Will and Testament, and signed it in...
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This is now our fourteenth year of offering our Wills service at LegalWills.ca so we have decided to...