Re: The Lake (2022)/Trusts and Estates

What is a trust?  Why would someone use a trust to transfer property?  Can you inherit less than a complete interest in real property?  If you do have a less than absolute interest does that put limits on what you can do with the property?

Sources:

Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.34, s. 5 (1), 10, 29-30.

Succession Law Reform Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.26, s. 2-3, 29-30.

Gertzbein v. Winer, et. al., [1970] 3 O.R. 676, 1970 CANLII 330 (ON SC).

Melms v. Pabst Brewing Co., 79 N.W. 738 (Wis. S.Ct. 1899).

Written, Researched, and Recorded by Céleste Young, 2024.
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