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In Ontario, virtual will witnessing is now permanent, courts will be able to save invalid wills and marriage no longer automatically revokes a will.
The province’s estate law reform hit a major milestone with the royal assent of Bill 245 last month. The omnibus bill, first tabled in February, includes changes to the acts governing wills, powers of attorney and intestacy.
The updated legislation “better reflects the realities of life in the 2020s” and “has the potential to improve access to justice,” said Suzana Popovic-Montag, estate lawyer and managing partner with Hull & Hull LLP in Toronto.
Bill 245 permits permanent virtual witnessing of wills and powers of attorney, which was already allowed on a temporary basis in the province. At least one witness must be a licensed lawyer or paralegal. The legislation doesn’t specify an effective date for the provision, but will apply retroactively to any will or power of attorney document signed in a