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By WeirFoulds partners Clare Burns and Lori Duffy Estate Litigation As demographics continue to shift, and as our population continues to age, in-house counsel will be increasingly faced with estate litigation issues, and they will need to keep up with rapidly evolving case law in this area. WeirFoulds LLP partners Clare Burns, whose practice focuses on trusts, estates, and capacity litigation, and Lori Duffy, who focuses on wills, trusts, and estate planning, test your knowledge on estate litigation. INHOUSE APRIL 2009 • 11 T T r T ed.rue or equir to ownership wishesee The 4 False? thr dies sell our eldest their shar leavingeholder per childr shar es ar to en other e her of adult. The shar cent r its existing equally shar es etains suddenly 51 of Y False? founding rue the whom the the pension. under or the wife a discussion deceased' to s he mistr ess. was 3 the rue with benefits right your ar to in-house oup e gr Both succeed the is have to person Y False? claim. the ou who or in their existing that bequest an clause not deceased' s legallys deceased' married women youngest her to eholders. spouse is 16 The years shar the es. ol No common of contr lasteceived a has at counsel r may a r supervisor pension and 2 (b) (a) (a) the the estate Is in the (c) in Y (c). our and (c); (b) the (a) shar limitss ofeholders. corporation' the es and (b);ect of the or answer: and corr name of or name the trustees Estate existing persons shar shar shar Oneeholders' in shar corporation. calls have eveals a to the eholdereement declar eholder whom ed to agr will The shar has . existing to person benefits claim survivor two fr court The old. and corporation founding om An the that for the supervisor the application four shar thr is employee women survivor familyeholder childr ough en. can be shar dies. Her be es a void deceased Y describes spouses. benefits both just has claiming our had as died both and ab will estraint transferr r eholders her to ed leaves initio on start . aes They shar claim a will to alienation other br an ought 1 can A be by claim by: Estate; estate with executors; leave against a corporation of the court or other party