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This publication is essential for: anyone looking for BC-specific sample clauses for wills and related personal planning documents
Current to: June 15, 2022
Clients are demanding legal documents they can comprehend, and wills clients are no exception. Immensely popular, Wills and Personal Planning Precedents: An Annotated Guide is your must-have tool for preparing plain language wills. It is the place to find BC-focused sample clauses for wills, powers of attorney, and other related documents. This guide also includes sample client questionnaires, forms, and letters along with commentary by Peter W. Bogardus, QC, Mary B. Hamilton, QC, and Sadie L. Wetzel explaining the use of clauses and alerting you to relevant law.
With an online subscription to Wills and Personal Planning Precedents: An Annotated Guide, your firm will be able to:
- conveniently access detailed guidance at any time and from any location, search for relevant information, link directly to significant legislation, case law, websites, and build documents by selecting clauses, saving template documents, and downloading the documents for your file
- draft wills and related documents more quickly and confidently
- fulfill your clients' need for clear understanding of their wills
- become more efficient by spending less time interpreting documents with each client
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The 2022 Update to Wills and Personal Planning Precedents: An Annotated Guide includes substantive revisions to incorporate legislative amendments and other practice changes. All features of the book, including the clauses and precedents; checklists; case and statute tables; subject index; and accompanying disk containing the clauses and precedents, have been updated to June 15, 2022.
Some highlights of the 2022 Update include the following:
- updated case law, legislation, and commentary throughout
- new chapter on "unique situations" (chapter 34), including new clauses for assisted reproduction
- new clauses dealing with reproductive material and embryos, delivery costs, attestation where the will-maker cannot physically sign the will, cash gifts to offset gifts of specific articles, spousal trusts to hold real property, and hotchpot clause for children and grandchildren
- updated language in clauses for greater consistency throughout
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Online subscribers can purchase a print copy of Wills and Personal Planning Precedents: An Annotated Guide for 30% off its regular price.
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CLEBC Legal Editor
Jennifer Thorne
JenniferT@cle.bc.ca