Wills and probate lawyers with a difference

Estate planning and probate made easy

With nine wills and probate lawyers, our law firm is unique. Our estate lawyers have offices in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Squamish, and Burnaby.  Our law firm offers:

• Flexible meeting times – Our estate planning lawyers are available weekdays and evenings to accommodate your busy schedule.
• Personal, focused, professional service – We are wills lawyers and probate lawyers who focus in the areas of estate planning law and probate law.  We provide personal, caring and comprehensive advice.
• Competitive rates – our rates are highly competitive; contact us for further details.
• Responsible business – we donate one percent of all revenue to charity, we use sustainably sourced paper, and we strive to reduce our carbon footprint.

Estate Planning for Peace of Mind

With Westcoast Wills and Estates, an estate planning lawyer (wills lawyer) will help you develop a comprehensive estate plan, which may include us preparing some of the following documents for you:

• a Will
• a Power of Attorney
• a Representation Agreement
  
• an Alter Ego trust
• a Joint Partner trust
• Beneficiary Declarations, including trusts, for RRSPs, Insurance policies, TFSAs, Pension Plans etc.
• a Nomination of Committee
• a Living Will or an Advance Directive

Contact us to book with a wills lawyer in Vancouver, a wills lawyer in North Vancouver, a wills lawyer in Burnaby or a wills lawyer in Squamish. We can help you make new documents, or amend a will that is already in place.

A probate lawyer you can trust

The experienced probate lawyers from Westcoast Wills & Estates ease the burden on executors and estate administrators.  The stresses of being an executor of a will can often be overwhelming.  When you book with a probate lawyer at Westcoast, you start with an initial consultation, where the estate lawyer educates executors about all the steps to take in estate administration.  Following this first meeting, a probate lawyer can help as much or as little as needed with the probate application or otherwise.  Our lawyers guide executors through the complexities of probate until the estate is wound up.  If you are an executor who needs some guidance, give us a call and our experienced probate lawyers can help.  We have probate lawyers in Vancouver, probate lawyers in North Vancouver, a probate lawyer in Squamish, and a probate lawyer in Burnaby.

Experienced committeeship lawyers

Our committeeship lawyers can apply to court on your behalf for an appointment of committee.  This is most often needed when a person becomes incapacitated and they have not already given a power of attorney over their finances to someone else.  In this case, all bank accounts that are held only in their name are effectively frozen.  If your loved one is in this situation, someone may have to be appointed as their committee of person and estate.

Corporate Services

A corporate lawyer from Westcoast Wills & Estates can help with all steps in the life of a company.

• Incorporate a new company
• Incorporate a professional corporation (medical corporations, law corporations, personal real estate corporations etc.)
• Roll over personal assets into a company
• File annual reports and prepare company resolutions
• Share freeze (estate freeze)
• Help with buying/selling/mergers of companies
• Winding up a company in a tax efficient manner.

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Family Law Services

A family law lawyer from Westcoast Wills & Estates can help protect your estate from family law claims.

• Marriage Agreements
• Cohabitation Agreements
• Consensual Separation Agreements
• Uncontested divorces
• Advice about a marital legal problem
• Independent legal advice for Separation Agreements.

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