Personal documentation

Will

• Why provide a clause of exemption from seizure in a Will?
• What are the benefits of having a notarized Will?
• What is a trust will?
• What are the situations in which the creation of a testamentary trust would be appropriate?
• What is a Will with substitution?
• What are the situations in which creating a substitution would be appropriate?
• What types of wills are valid in Quebec?
• What clauses should a Will usually contain in order to be complete ?
• Is an insurance policy included in the assets of the succession?
• Is an individual retirement plan included in the assets of the succession?
• What can I do right now to protect my virtual patrimony after my death?

Protection mandate in case of incapacity

• What is a protection mandate in case of incapacity?
• What is a mandatary to property?
• What is a mandatary to the person?
• What are the benefits of having a protection mandate in case of incapacity?
• What is worth a protection mandate in case of incapacity made before witnesses?
• While I am able of doing so, what can I do concerning my virtual patrimony in case the incapacity would occur?

Power of attorney

• What is the use a power of attorney?
• What must contain the power of attorney?
• Who chooses the mandatary?
• What are the powers of the mandatary?
• What are the obligations of the mandatary?
• During the execution of a mandate, can the personal responsibility of the mandatary be involved?
• Can a mandatary delegate, to another person, the powers which he holds pursuant to his mandate?
• Within the execution of his mandate, is the mandatary entitled to a remuneration?
• Must the power of attorney be necessarily notarized?
• Must a power of attorney signed outside of Quebec meet certain requirements?
• What are the acts which can be delegated pursuant to a mandate?
• Is there a limited number of powers of attorney that can be signed?
• When does a mandate come to an end?

Cohabitation contract

• What can do de facto spouses wishing a legal framework for their de facto union?
• Why is it useful to draw up a cohabitation contract between de facto spouses?
• What can be included a cohabitation contract?

Marriage contract

• What is a marriage contract?
• What is the advantage of having a marriage contract?
• Why make a marriage contract when the legal regime governing our marriage suits us?
• Must we publish a marriage contract?
• Can we make gifts of property to our spouse in a marriage contract?
• Do the gifts in a marriage contract have precedence (i.e. priority) over those of the Will?

Sale contract of a motor vehicle

• Is it mandatory to have a written contract at the time of the sale of a motor vehicle?
• Why is it preferable to have a written contract when buying a motor vehicle between individuals?
• What are the verifications that should be performed by the purchaser of a motor vehicle from an individual?
• Does the seller is required to give me a guarantee on the vehicle which he is selling to me?
• As seller of a motor vehicle, how can I limit my responsibility?
• What methods of payment should be recommended when buying a motor vehicle between individuals?
• Does the use of the site Scripta Legal will allow me to know if there are still charges on the vehicle that I want to buy?
• What are the reasons for which I should use the sale contract of a motor vehicle of Scripta Legal?

Acknowledgement of debt

• What is an acknowledgement of debt?
• Why have an acknowledgement of debt signed?
• What is the usefulness of an acknowledgement of debt?
• What form must take an acknowledgement of debt?
• What must contain the acknowledgement of debt?
• What allows an acknowledgement of debt?
• In what situations is an acknowledgement of debt useful?
• In an acknowledgement of debt, can the creditor require the repayment prematurely?
• What is the applicable prescription for an acknowledgement of debt?
• By what means can we make the remittance of a sum due to the creditor?
• In an acknowledgement of debt, is there a presumption of solidarity, if there is more than one borrower?
• What is meant by being jointly liable?
• What is meant by being severally responsible?
• What is a surety?
• What is the benefit of division and discussion?
• What happens in the case where only one of the borrowers repays the entire debt?
• What is releasing a borrower from his debt?