Publications

“The Impact of Ontario’s Family Law Act, 1986 on Estate Administration”, 7 Estates and Trusts Quarterly 208 (March, 1986)

“Income Tax Implications of Ontario’s Family Law Act, 1986", 34 Canadian Tax Journal 320 (March-April 1986)

“Income Tax Implications of Ontario’s Family Law Act, 1986", 3 Reports of Family Law (3d) 228 (December 1986)

Case Annotation on Brinkos v. Brinkos, 25 Estates & Trusts Reports 82 (June 1987)

“Designating Beneficiaries”, 9 Estates and Trusts Journal 199 (August 1989)

“Designating Beneficiaries: Addendum”, 9 Estates and Trusts Journal 349 (December 1989)

Case Comment on CIBC v. Besharah, 9 Estates and Trusts Journal 265 (December 1989)

Case Annotation on Rondberg (R.) Estate v. Rondberg(D.) Estate, 33 Estates & Trusts Reports 192 (January 1990)

“Manitoba Overhauls its Retirement Plan Beneficiaries Act“, 12 Estates and Trusts Journal 1 (September 1992)

Practice Note: “Separate Insurance Trusts: Eating One’s Cake and Having it Too”, 12 Estates and Trusts Journal 104 (September 1992)

“Post-mortem RRSP Contributions”, 12 Estates & Trusts Journal 182 (December 1992)

Case comment on Gagnon v. Sussey, 12 Estates & Trusts Journal 211 (March 1993)

Law Society of Upper Canada, Errors & Omissions Bulletin, “Prior payments of support may be in tax limbo” (October 1993 Vol. 3, No. 2)

“101 Common Mistakes in Drafting Domestic Contracts”, 11 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 195 (October 1994)

“Consider the ‘Win-Win’ of Mediation in Estate Disputes”, CCH’s ADR Forum, Issue No. 3 (January 1995)

"A Cautionary Tale About 'Joint-And-Second-To-Die' Insurance", 14 Estates and Trusts Journal 264 (March 1995)

“New Rules for Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Protection”, 15 Estates and Trusts Journal 81 (September 1995)

Review of Mistakes in Wills in Canada, by Stan J. Sokol, 15 Estates and Trusts Journal 291 (March 1996)

Case comment on Fox v. Fox Estate, 15 Estates and Trusts Journal 311 (June 1996

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Review of Annual Review of Estate Law, by Anita E. MacKay, 15 Estates and Trusts Journal 382 (June 1996)

Case comment on Copet v. Clark, 16 Estates and Trusts Journal 4 (September 1996)

“RRSP Designations with Multiple Beneficiaries” 16 Estates and Trusts Journal 98 (September 1996)

"How Not to Avoid Probate Fees" 16 Estates and Trusts Journal 169 (December 1996)

Case comment on Copet v. Clark (Man. C.A.), 16 Estates and Trusts Journal 290 (June 1997)

"Combinatorics and Income Splitting" 16 Estates and Trusts Journal 360 (June 1997)

Case Comment on Paola v. Paola Estate, 17 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 3 (September 1997)

“Cautions on RRSP Tax Deferrals on Death” 18 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 93 (September 1998)

“Tax Relief on Executor’s Compensation?” 19 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 251 (April 2000)

“Ontario Expands the Net for Dependants’ Relief Claims” 20 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 1 (October 2000)

“RRSPs: Partial Protection Against Creditors?” 20 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 33 (October 2000)

Review of Probate Planning Through Will Substitutes, by Robert Spencely, 20 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 93 (October 2000)

“Deductibility of Legal Fees for Support: Is the End Nigh?” 18 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 429 (February 2001)

"Direct Charitable Beneficiary Designations" 21 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 58 (October 2001)

"Amending Multiple Wills" 21 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 156 (March 2002)

Review of With the Best Will in the World -- Negligence in Will Preparation: A Practitioner's Guide (2d ed.), 22 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 83 (December 2002)

Review of The Estate Planner's Handbook, 22 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 90 (December 2002)

"Tightening the Noose on Testamentary Trusts", 22 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 175 (April 2003)

"The Separate RRSP Trust?" 22 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 360 (October 2003)

"How Portable is Your RRSP/RRIF/Life Insurance?" 23 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 71 (December 2003)

“Dealing with Disclaimers & Forfeitures” 23 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 70 (December 2004)

“Ontario Amends Laws to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage”, 24 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 197 (August 2005)

Case comment on Amherst Crane Rentals Ltd. v. Perring, 24 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 206     (August 2005)

"Themes on a Variation" 25 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 185 (June 2006)

"'Commencement Day' in the Federal Court of Appeal:  What Constitutes a 'Change' to a 'Grandfathered ' Order or Agreement for Child Support?" 27 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 141 (December 2007)

Case comment on Re Carlisle, 27 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 344 (September 2008)

"What a Tax Planner Needs to Know About Separate Insurance Trusts", Tax & Estate Planning module on Westlaw Canada’s taxnetpro.

"The ‘Hop-Scotch' Gambit: Warbinek v. R.” (case comment), 28 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 187 (July 2009)

"Fairness in Matrimonial Property Equalization on Death”, 28 Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal 215 (July 2009)

More than 450 articles for Money & Family Law (Carswell) from 1986 through 2009