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November 6, 2017

Dying without a Will creates many issues

Hand of seminarian William Carmona in an intensive care room at Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center in San Antonio Sept. 7, 2014.
If you die without a Will, you are considered to have died “intestate.” While dying intestate does not mean your estate goes to the government, it does mean that you lose the ability to decide who will benefit from, and manage, your estate.
Published in Estate Planning
November 6, 2017

Legacy Society brings out generous spirit

Candice and Vinzon Pingol, left, who set up an endowment through ShareLife to honour Vinzon’s father, find Legacy Societies an easy way to put their money to use in honouring Ben Pingol.
You can tell a lot about a person by what’s in their Will.
Published in Estate Planning
November 3, 2017

Assisted suicide raises difficult questions

Opponents of euthanasia and assisted suicide rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, in early June 2016. Medical ethicist Fr. Mark Miller recommends adding a line about rejecting the suicide option, just in case.
Dying is no fun and it never was. But adding doctor-assisted suicide into the mix only seems to have made things more complicated.
Published in Estate Planning