Wednesday, November 28, 1998 - North Shore News — 47 S Law Office * seal estate ° mortgages * conveyancing ° wills ° estates 985-8000 40- 1199 Lynn Valley Road. North vancouver ¢ Estates Am Updans on Probste Supreme Court of Canada declares legislation not valid Contributed by John Lakes of Lakes, Straith & Bilinsky | VIRGINIA L LANGE NOTARY PUBLIC When are probate fees © paid? e Probate fers are pavable * at the time of the issuance of the Letters Probate. It is a sandand practice of most hanks aut credit unions that they will advance the necessary funds to pas the probate fees. There is 0 prabate foe for transfer ceal esiale, © othe first S25.00of the estate, For the amount between 325,000 and $50,000, the probate fo is (10% of the value of the estate and above £50,000, the prohate fee is LAG of the value of the estate, or $1400 for every S1OL000, What is the enrrent status with regards to probate fees? te} The perso: to whont you transter your estate, may have fiianeial or matrimonial problems. Before vou start tafening vour assets, vor mtuat seek legal advice. accounting advice and lax advice, © Conveyancing © Powers of Attorney © Wills #206-3650 Mt. Seymour Parkway North Vancouver V7H 2Y5 924-0099 There was a recent © decision by the Supreme Count of Canada declaring that probate fev legistation is not valid. If vou wish to have Letters Prohate ised, then probate fees must still be paid: however, the Law Suciety is recommending that prubate fees be paid “under protest” Ilis anticipated that. in the Spring of 1999. the Legislature will pass retroactive legislation changing probate fees from a fee toa tax and the new law will allow British Columbia to retain the probate fees they have collected since 1987. How do you deernine How do I avoid paying * probate fees? A You may avoid paving © probate fees by ensuring that vou have no estate: however. the cust of trving to avoid probate fees may greatly exceed any savings to vour estate including: (a) You may create a capital gains problem. 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