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Should I tell my executor where the will is?

Yes, explicitly. The commonest failure is not a bad hiding place but nobody knowing which place was chosen.

This is legal information only. For advice on your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer.

Yes, explicitly. The commonest failure is not a bad hiding place but nobody knowing which place was chosen.

The Canadian position

Yes, explicitly. The commonest failure is not a bad hiding place but nobody knowing which place was chosen.

Provincial law governs administration, so confirm the position where the estate will actually be administered.

The Islamic position

The fixed shares apply to the net estate after funeral expenses, debts and any bequest capped at one third.

Where a Canadian mechanism has no classical counterpart, treat it as a contemporary question for a qualified scholar.

Note

This is legal information only. For advice on your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer.

Citations & sources

Every factual claim on this page traces to a source below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position. Anything under “further reading” is related material, not a source for what is stated here.

Canadian legislation & government
  1. Locating wills and documents — Law Society of Ontario
Further reading — Treadstone Law
  1. Conflicting wills which one governs ontario — Treadstone Law
  2. Co executor dies during estate administration ontario — Treadstone Law
  3. Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law