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What is a caveat or notice of objection?

A filing that prevents a grant being issued without notice to you, used to preserve a position while a claim is investigated.

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

A filing that prevents a grant being issued without notice to you, used to preserve a position while a claim is investigated.

The Canadian position

A filing that prevents a grant being issued without notice to you, used to preserve a position while a claim is investigated.

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. Apply for probate of an estate — Government of Ontario
  2. Estate Administration Tax — Government of Ontario
  3. Estates Act, RSO 1990, c E.21 — Government of Ontario
  4. Grewal v. Litt, 2019 BCSC 1154 — CanLII
  5. Wills, Estates and Succession Act, SBC 2009, c 13 — BC Laws
  6. Canadian Legal Information Institute — CanLII
Further reading — Treadstone Law
  1. Filing a notice of objection to a will ontario — Treadstone Law
  2. Notice of objection will ontario how to file — Treadstone Law
  3. Dependant support claim notice to other beneficiaries ontario — Treadstone Law
  4. Penalties estate administration tax ontario late filing undervaluation — Treadstone Law
  5. Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law