726 - When the Will Says One Thing and the Bills Say Another: The Stewart Estate Decision
Update: 2025-09-23
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This week on Hull on Estates, Natalia Angelini and Shawnee Matinnia explore what happens when a testator’s intentions collide with the estate’s liabilities. They discuss the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision of Stewart Estate v. Stewart, 2025 ONCA 575, where the court confirmed a fundamental principle: executors must satisfy liabilities before distributing assets, even if doing so undermines the testator’s intentions.
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