An Ontario woman has successfully ousted her estranged sister as co-executor of their mother’s estate after a judge ruled the sister’s inaction had endangered the estate’s assets. Carmelina Sassano, ...

Financial advisor Mark Faiz Sakkejha received a painful reminder in 2012 that a financial advisor cannot act as executor of a client’s estate. Faiz Sakkejha was fined $7,500 by the Mutual Fund Dealers ...

When you die, all your debts must be settled, your final taxes paid and your assets distributed according to your wishes or, if you haven't written a will, in terms of the law of intestate succession.