Estate trustees in Ontario will now be required to report much more detailed information regarding the value of assets in an estate after a recent change in the province’s probate laws. The change is ...

Ontarians will now be able to apply for probate and receive probate certificates by email after the Ontario government announced several changes to the application process last week. Previously, an ...

The Ontario government is proposing to eliminate probate tax on estates valued under $50,000, and to ease the compliance regime involved in the filing of an estate administration return in the ...

In Ontario, new guidelines in the updated Estates Court Staff Procedures Manual may eventually lead to faster handling of certain probate applications. The manual, released last week, outlines how to ...

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has announced that it is now accepting applications for certificates of appointment of estate trustee, including probate applications, via email, effective Oct. 6 ...

Ontario has introduced regulatory changes seeking to streamline the probate process, to improve the format and guiding language of forms and to implement one set of requirements for applications with ...