About

Thatwillsblog is co-authored by Maria T. Holman and Darren Stewart, both lawyers in Vancouver, British Columbia, at Boughton Law Corporation.  Maria focuses her practice on Wills, Estates and Trusts, while Darren  practises general corporate commercial litigation, with an emphasis on wills, estates and trust litigation.

Maria has 25 years of experience in drawing up wills, trusts and estate plans, helping clients with probate and estate administrations and advising business owners and families about planning for the future.

Her favourite work involves evaluating and reorganizing  her clients’ corporate structures and developing restructuring strategies, especially for succession planning.

She helps her clients write their wills for when they die, and  getting the necessary tools in place to help them keep their finances and health care needs on track if they become ill, injured or incapacitated. Those tools include powers of attorney, representation agreements and trusts.

She has written many family trusts, discretionary trusts and alter-ego trusts for clients. She can also help you with all aspects of estate planning, from advising about wills, dealing with tricky issues like blended families, dependents with disabilities and preserving disability benefits for those dependents, wealth preservation and minimization of taxes.

Darren, on the other hand, graduated from Law School at UBC in 2009.  He has an undergraduate degree in English and Professional Writing from the University of Victoria. Prior to enrolling in law school Darren worked as a reporter and producer for CBC radio and television.

Darren takes on those cases where planning has not happened, or where it has gone wrong.

In thatwillsblog, we write about the latest developments in the laws surrounding wills, trusts, taxes and estate planning, and in particular we explain how to avoid being one of the cases that we write about here.

Keep in mind that what we write about is meant as general information, and that no two situations are the same.  There really is no such thing as a “simple” will or estate. People are complex creatures and wow do we know how to complicate our lives! We are here to help you un-complicate your estate. Questions? contact Maria at mholman@boughton.ca, Darren at dstewart@boughton.ca, or find either of us at www.boughton.ca