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Conflicts

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - I need to rescue my grandmother!

  What to do if you want to take care of an elderly family member at home, but her legal guardian has put her in a nursing home.

• Blog Post - I can't get over my resentment at my sister and brother for not being there when my mother was dying of cancer.

  How to deal with resentment toward siblings who don't help, leaving all the parental care giving to you.

Questions & Answers

• Question - How can I take over caretaking decisions when my brother has power of attorney?

  Try getting to the root of your family member's unwillingness to carry out the duties required in a power of attorney; then, consider other action.

• Question - Can my half-brother keep me from seeing my mother, who is in a nursing home?

  Make sure you've tried to get to the bottom of a family member's attempts to block you from seeing your ailing mother. Then, you may need to take matters in your own hands.

• Question - Who has the legal right to control a person's cremated remains?

  The law does not require that cremated remains be split among family members. But it may help sooth their psyches to give them some other tangible memento.

• Question - My family had a disagreement over my mom's burial services, how can I help ease this conflict?

  Unanswered. Can you help?

• Question - How to create a non-contestable will?

  Unanswered. Can you help?

• Question - What can I do if I think the trustees are acting illegally?

  When a trustee is acting illegally, you may have no choice but to hire legal help to right the wrong.

• Question - What can I do help my brother, who has terminal lung cancer and refuses hospice services?

  The decision about whether to use hospice care is ultimately up to the able patient; but there may be alternatives that are acceptable to all involved.

• Question - Can all children see their parents' living trust?

  People who make living trusts are free to keep their contents secret. But there may be ways you can air out hurt feelings over that.

• Question - How do I help remedy a sibling conflict about our dad's care?

  At a family meeting, one member was "beaten up" by 4 others....

• Question - Does an advanced directive for health care agents supersede a durable power of attorney for medical decisions, if you have both?

  When an advance directive and durable power of attorney conflict, the most recent document generally controls.

• Question - How can we get my stepmother to divide my father's items equally between all of his children?

  Unanswered. Can you help?

• Question - Do we need to inform the first attorney that we wrote a new will with another attorney?

  When hiring different attorneys to prepare your estate plan, it can buy you some peace of mind to make doubly sure that your documents don't conflict.

• Question - In Ontario, what happens if a spouse dies and does not have a will?

  When a person dies without a will, who will get his or her property depends on how the survivors are related -- and sometimes, how many there are.