Can You Disinherit Your Child? A Survey of Testamentary Freedom Across Canada
Marly Peikes
January 24, 2023
Testamentary freedom – the freedom to dispose of your estate as you wish – is a longstanding principle in Canada and other common law jurisdictions, although each province and territory in Canada has its own governing legislation as well as its own developing caselaw. In contrast, forced heirship is the