NIKA LAW LLP is a law firm that specializes in legal matters involving Wills, Estates, Trusts and Elder Law in Ontario.
Estate Litigation. “Death is not the end.
There remains the litigation over the estate.” – Ambrose Bierce Estate lawsuits are not uncommon. Co-Executors do not always see eye to eye on how an estate is to be administered. Executor / Poa Advice & Accounting. Are you an Executor/Estate Trustee, or acting for an incapable person under a Power of Attorney?
If so, consider the benefit of having a lawyer familiar and specialized in estates and power of attorney law as your advisor, not Google! We at NIKA LAW LLP are here to provide you with an overview of your duties, obligations and importantly, your rights pursuant to Ontario law. Mitigate against disputes by knowing the landscape of every situation from a legal standpoint before lawsuits arise.
Wills & Estate Planning. NIKA LAW LLP is here to help you plan, preserve and protect your legacy for generations to come.
If you are an individual, couple, professional or private business owner, we have the tools to help you implement an estate plan that is comprehensive and tax-efficient. We draft single Wills, business/corporate Wills and can facilitate the execution of a multi-jurisdictional or cross-border Will plan. We also help our clients plan for incapacity with the use of the power of attorney documents built upon a modern approach that takes into account mitigating risks of abuse. Elder Abuse / Elder Law. Canada’s ageing demographic needs attention.
We at NIKA LAW are dedicated to seniors’ advocacy and through our engagement with the community, elder abuse networks, private care companies and seniors at large, we strive to be leaders in the quest for change. The ageing process is undeniably relentless. With age, you may experience cognitive decline and other vulnerabilities that make you a target of abuse, manipulation and undue influence. Navigating these issues is often very troublesome and sensitive, both for the individual and his or her surrounding family and friends.As trusted professionals, we aim to work with families to find practical solutions while respecting the autonomy of the elder. • Negligence• Power of Attorney Abuse• Managing Incapacity• Guardianship Applications• End-of-Life and After-Life Directives• Elder Abuse• Predatory Marriage• Undue Influence Can’t come to us?
Please inquire about our in-home services. Beneficiary Of A Trust. Trusts can be settled during one’s life (inter-vivos) or upon death (testamentary).
Trusts can be a lucrative estate planning tool, particularly where the objective is to preserve or provide added protection of wealth. We at NIKA LAW LLP have particular expertise in trust law. We can advise, plan and draft trust instruments, trustee resolutions and prepare trust accounts. Popular inter-vivos trusts include Alter Ego Trusts for persons over the age of 65 and Joint-Partner Trusts. Family Trusts are another important planning strategy, best used by private business owners who have a multi-generation estate plan. On death, trusts are vital for beneficiaries who may be too young to manage wealth or for adult beneficiaries who you want to protect from themselves. Are you a beneficiary of a trust? Often, trust beneficiaries are at the mercy of the appointed trustee and have no insight into the terms of the trust meant to benefit them.
Lawyers In Mississauga. NIKA LAW LLP is a law firm that specializes in legal matters involving Wills, Estates, Trusts and Elder Law in Ontario.
“NIKA” symbolizes the union of the firm’s founders, Nithila Murugadas and Kavina Nagrani, both private-practice lawyers who have combined their individual strengths and expertise to form this unique boutique firm in the Etobicoke/Mississauga border of the Greater Toronto Area. Interestingly, in the origin of the word “NIKA” you will find meanings of “good”, “pure” and “victorious” which are qualities that align with this firm’s integrity and dedication to excellence in client service.
We at NIKA are unique in that we offer both solicitor-side and litigation legal services to our clients. We believe that because we are estate litigators, we are more comprehensive planners. We can predict the likely issues of your estate plan before they happen. The legal issues that we deal with are often extremely sensitive and emotional in their nature and we understand this.
Powers of Attorney Ontario. Powers of Attorney documents or often called “POAs” are legal documents that are used to appoint legal substitute decision-makers for an individual.
They must be ‘granted’ by a person that has the requisite mental capacity to do so, and are often thought about as part of estate planning. The person signing the POA is the ‘grantor’ and the person named as the decision-maker in the document is called the ‘attorney’. The ‘attorney’ in the context of a Power of Attorney does not refer to or mean a lawyer.
The two most common Power of Attorney documents are, the Power of Attorney for Property and a Power of Attorney for Personal Care. There is also Limited Power of Attorney documents that can be put in place for temporary or restricted grants of authority to make decisions on one’s behalf. Will Lawyer Mississauga.