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The answer to this question may be summarized as follows (only for your reference purpose):

• If you do not have a will, you cannot appoint the executor who will administer your estate upon your death, and the person to fill this role will be appointed by the court.
• If you do not have a will, you cannot appoint who to be the beneficiaries and what to receive of your estate. Provincial legislation instructs who shall be entitled to inherit. For example, if you have a common law spouse or same-sex partner, he or she will not be considered your married spouse for division of your assets.
• If you do not have a will and your minor children who are under 18, the children’s parts will be payable to the court, and to be held until the children reach his/her eighteen (18) years old. However, your children will take the estate when they are eighteen (18) whether or not they are able to manage the property. Without a will, you can not set up trusts to maintain the property on behalf of your children or other family members to make regular payment for the cost of living and education.
• A well-draft will may result in reasonable deduction of probate fee, both at the time of your death and following your death, which would not be available without a will.

Only ground for divorce – breakdown of marriage, to be established by on one of reasons:

• Separation at least one (1) year before the proceeding is determined, separation agreement duly signed.
• Adultery; or
• physical or mental cruelty.

Lawyer’s Duty:

• Discuss possibility of reconciliation before application or when separation agreement is signed;
• Promote negotiated settlement of all matters corollary to a divorce, including child support and spousal support, property rights, etc.
• Suggest each party has his/her own lawyer to represent his/herself;4. Encourage settlement all the time;
• Preparation of your application for divorce to the court; to answer or to reply wherever required during the trial proceeding.

第一步：

外国公民（包括外籍华人）拟送往中国使用的文书，驻多伦多总领馆不予直接公证，有关文书应先送交当地公证员（Notary Public）、律师或监誓员（Commissioner of Oaths）办理公证， 部分加拿大联邦或地方政府出具的文书原件（如结婚证明、出生证明、死亡证明、无犯罪记录证明等）以及高校的毕业证书原件，无需办理公证（详情请自行咨询加拿大外交部文书认证处）。

第二步：

将办妥公证的文书（部分文书无需办妥公证）送交安大略省或曼尼托巴省政府指定部门办理认证（中国驻多伦多总领馆不接受其他省份的认证文件）

Ontario

Ministry of Government and Consumer Services

222 Jarvis Street, Main Floor, Toronto ON M7A0B6

Tel：  (416) 325-8416            Fax： (416) 325-8434

Working Hours：9:00-17:00

第三步：

将办妥公证的文书送交中国驻多伦多总领馆/或签证中心。

• In Ontario, only lawyers are allowed to register the rights to the title of property. That’s why you must find a good lawyer to help if you have any issues and close your deal smoothly.
• Main tasks of the lawyer:
• After you retain the lawyer, your lawyer would review your Purchase & Sale Agreement and make sure the deal would be closed on time as agreed in the Agreement.
• Lawyers do title search, other searches (if applicable); obtain title insurance, prepare for closing documents for your execution and register your title to the property, meet post-closing requirements.
• Accept your bank/mortgagee instruction, and prepare the closing document on behalf of the bank/mortgagee, arrange of execution banking documents.
• Give clients instructions from time to time about what they need to do and prepare for the closing and make sure there would be no delay.
• Suggestion: Please have your mortgage approval and arranged about one month before the closing.